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INSIDE THE BOTTLE

Inside the Bottle is a Polaris Institute campaign designed to stimulate awareness and action about the bottled water industry.

The campaign highlights the environmental, health, social and economic impacts of bottled water and calls for the rebuilding and maintenance of public tap water systems.

The Polaris Institute is designed to enable social movements to re-skill and re-tool themselves to fight for democratic social change in an age of corporate driven globalization.

Current News

Canada: Councillor proposes bottled water ban

Posted: January 5, 2009 Section: Community & Labour Action The Whig Standard. By Ann Lukits -
The "back to the tap" movement gathering momentum across North America is about to test the waters in...
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Canada: City tap water still the best choice

Posted: December 23, 2008 Section: Community & Labour Action The Niagara Falls Review.
THE PARK IN THE CITY Committee takes exception to many of the statements in a recent letter on bottled water letter....
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Canada: PoCo on board for Metro anti-bottled water push

Posted: December 19, 2008 Section: Community & Labour Action The Tri-City News.
City’s environment committee chair would prefer educational approach to campaign
Metro Vancouver residents have...
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UK: Leeds students ban bottled water

Posted: December 16, 2008 Section: Student Action The Guardian. By Martin Wainwright -
Vote to phase out plastic bottles aims to help the environment, but campus bars and shops will suffer...
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Ireland: Bottled water batches withdrawn from shelves

Posted: December 15, 2008 Section: Global Campaigns News IrishTimes.com. By Jason Michael -
Six batches of bottled water have been withdrawn from supermarkets after bacteria were detected. In a...
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Canada: Bottled water ban makes sense: watchdog

Posted: December 15, 2008 Section: Community & Labour Action The Whig Standard. By Jennifer Pritchett -
City has no immediate plans to outlaw drink, a move environment commissioner...
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Canada: Bottled water a no-no, coalition says

Posted: December 15, 2008 Section: Community & Labour Action The Chronicle Herald.Ca
It’s time to "turn on the tap and ditch the bottle." A coalition of groups wants Nova Scotia municipalities and...
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US: Absopure's withdrawals of water concern some in Columbia Township

Posted: December 15, 2008 Section: Community & Labour Action Jackson Citizen Patriot. By Keith Roberts -
The Absopure Water Co. is busy at work in Columbia Township, but few people know it. The...
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UK: Leeds University students pull plug on bottled water

Posted: December 15, 2008 Section: Student Action Yorkshire Evening Post. By Sophie Haydock -
LEEDS University students have banned bottled water. In a landmark decision, a record number...
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Launch: Nova Scotia Campaign to Turn on the Tap and Ditch the Bottle

Posted: December 12, 2008 Section: Global Campaigns News For Immediate Release (Halifax) - A broad-based coalition of organizations in Nova Scotia has come together to convince municipalities and school...
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Polaris Institute: Toronto Bans Bottled Water!

Posted: December 12, 2008 Section: Global Campaigns News For Immediate Release 3 December 2008
Toronto becomes the largest...
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Polaris Institute: Toronto stood up to bottled water industry

Posted: December 12, 2008 Section: Community & Labour Action Toronto Star. Op-ed by Tony Clarke -
Toronto's decision last week to ban the sale and distribution of bottled water on city premises was a...
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Canada: Privatization is key threat from bottled water, meeting told

Posted: December 12, 2008 Section: Community & Labour Action Brockville Recorder. By Michael Jiggins -
"Bottled water's 15 minutes are up." Joe Cressy of the Polaris Institute used that reference to...
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UAE: 28 Water Bottling Firms Shut Down

Posted: December 12, 2008 Section: Community & Labour Action Khaleej Times Online.
SHARJAH - As many as 28 drinking water bottling and distribution companies in Ajman have been ordered closed and...
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Canada: CUPE wants city to ban bottled water

Posted: December 10, 2008 Section: Community & Labour Action Brockville Recorder and Times. By Michael Jiggins -
Brockville's CUPE local and the Council of Canadians chapter here are opening the tap on...
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