Photo: Ntr23/Flickr.
Bottled water is in many ways a symbolic question, that reaches beyond the emissions of plastic bottle production, the transports of the water and the waste.
This story about a visitor’s encounter with a Swedish tap makes it obvious that tasty tap water is nothing everyone counts on. But for a lot of people there is no evident need to buy bottled water. If the quality of the water coming from our taps is good, tap water is usually cleaner than stored water, and far cheaper.
Municipalities turn on the tap
Earlier I have written about how the EU delegates who attended meetings in Sweden during the European presidency were served tap water instead of bottled water. With the upcoming of the climate change debate, many municipalities allover the country, such as Uppsala, Östersund and Jönköping also decided to stop buying bottled water.
For some time the interest for buying bottled water has semmed to fade, but last year the sales of bottled water was again reported to rise. Maybe this short film, which is now being shared a lot here in Sweden, will bring the discussion up once again?
