Recycling Plastic Water Bottles

November 6, 2009

Most water bottles made by Nestlé Waters rely on PET plastic, a lightweight material that requires less energy to transport than glass and also has a smaller carbon footprint. What’s more – PET plastic is 100% recyclable and can enjoy a ‘second life’ after its use.

We hope this in-depth video into the life cycle of a water bottle will encourage you to take the extra step and make sure your bottles are recycled.

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Gardening and Water Conservation with Rain Reserve

October 8, 2009

Each year tens of thousands of gallons of rainwater runs off your roof, not only does that water then spread waste from cities and towns into rivers and streams, it can also be diverted, collected, and put to good use.

For people interested in the intersection between sustainability and agriculture, the Rain Reserve easily diverts water through gutters and a purification system into a barrel.  The fresh, clean rainwater is a great reminder of how small changes can make a big difference when it comes to scare and shared resources like a community water supply.

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Sustaining California Agriculture in an Uncertain Future

October 8, 2009

Watch this video to learn more about Sierra Orchards in Winters, California–one of the early adopters of water conservation and efficiency practices featured in the report Sustaining California Agriculture in an Uncertain Future. This is the first in a series of California success stories in agricultural water use to be released March 2010.

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Cécile Duprez-Naudy on November 11, 2009
Dear Akalu, thank you so much for your feedback. Are you on Linkedin? we could connect there.

Akalu on November 6, 2009
The topic u raised is so wonderful and basic issue for the world especially this time! I'm soil and water ...

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Sharing Water Resources

September 24, 2009

According to MSNBC, in the next 5 years 36 states will face water shortages, right now three southern states are fighting over rights to a crucial reservoir. Georgia’s Lake Lanier will reach critical levels in just a few months, as Florida and Alabama continue to divert water from the reservoir.

All three governors have contacted the president, but this issue isn’t going away until the public and industry are working together with government to find solutions for sharing scarce resources.

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California Drought Challenges Farm Economy – UC Cal-Davis

September 24, 2009

Even with recent rains, California faces its third consecutive year of drought. UC Davis economist Richard Howitt forecasts hard times for farmers that could result in a loss of 25,000 jobs. These kinds of shortages threaten farmers around the world, solving water crises is one of CSV’s key objectives.

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Water Police

September 24, 2009

Check out this video on ABCNews.com

Learn about the costs of water shortages in this story about water restrictions to combat drought in Texas, when resources become scarce and communities have to actually police the use of water!

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Safe Drinking Water

September 24, 2009

Here is a story about a sculptor, Tracy Hawkins, who invented an innovative ceramic water filter during a teaching trip in Africa. Her simple design filters 2-3 liters of water an hour and traps bacteria in a ceramic mold.

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Waste Water Power

September 24, 2009

In Meza, AZ the city is powering hundreds of homes and generating almost $90,000 a year from…flushing their toilets. The adults and kids of the community are really thrilled by the savings – treatment plants like Meza’s are opening around the country.

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Bottled Water: Things to Know

September 10, 2009

Right now there is a pretty hot debate about bottled water’s environmental impact, yet it’s also an enormously popular product – appearing in 7 out of 10 U.S. and Canadian households.  This video might help explain why.

If you think back through some of your favorite memories – vacations, trips to the park, athletic events, you may remember drinking bottled water.  That’s because in these situations tap water is usually not available and bottled water is a healthy, safe, and accessible alternative.  Many people say if they did not have easy access to bottled water they would turn to sugary, carbonated beverages.  This is exactly the behavior we don’t want to encourage in light of a serious obesity epidemic.  According to Dr. Bray of Louisiana State University Pennington Center, ‘Water is our preferred drink.  We evolved with water, it’s the most nutritious option because it has no calories.’

Bottled water also plays an important role in disaster relief, where often municipal water is totally unavailable to hundreds of families.  For victims of floods, hurricanes, and other natural disasters, Nestlé Waters North America donates millions of bottles of water every year.

Throughout this video, you can link to other online sources to learn even more about the industry, drinking water, health and the environment.

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Mel J on October 21, 2009
@Cécile Thank you very much for replying.... I really do appreciate that and hope it reflects Nestle's interest in listening ...

Cécile Duprez-Naudy on October 20, 2009
@Mel: Thanks for your flowery postings. As you may have noticed, Nestlé has been around for over 140 years, and ...

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India’s water use ‘unsustainable’

August 5, 2009

The BBC’s Environment correspondent, Richard Black, has a really fascinating post on water use in India.  According to Black, the U.S.’s NASA Grace Mission has discovered that the country’s water-table is falling by about 4cm (1.6 inches) per year in its north-west region, which includes Delhi.

The finding, published in the journal Nature, indicates that “rainfall has not changed, and water use is too high, mainly for farming.”  According to the BBC, the finding came out just two days after the Indian government issued a warning about the potential of a water crisis.

According to Sukhminder Singh, a farmer from Bhoondri in the State of Punjab: “Now our children come home and explain to us how to make proper use of water, for example while brushing teeth one should use a cup of water rather than letting water taps flow freely. This will lead to proper water management in the village community.”

For our efforts, we were awarded the Punjab Government’s Award for Environmental Excellence in 2005.

Dairy farming and milk processing are also important areas where Nestlé is making a positive impact in India.  Nestlé works with farmers in the Moga and Samlakha Milksheds through our Farmer Water Management Awareness Program to create awareness about the need to conserve water and optimize use in agriculture.  By providing technical support on new irrigation techniques in agriculture, rain water harvesting, ground water recharge, optimum and use of water for irrigation, and water management on dairy farms, Nestlé has helped to keep dairy waste water management at the farmer level as well as set up biogas and Vermi-compost production units.

The proper management of water is something that Nestlé takes very seriously as our business depends on it.  Please see our Water Management Report for more information about how Nestlé creates shared value in the communities where we operate.

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