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NPR: U of Vermont becomes largest public institution to ban sale of bottled water

Posted Mon, 2013/01/14 - 11:50am by RCAP

NPR reported Jan. 14 that UVM has become the latest university to ban on-campus sales of bottled water.

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Business Insider: Shoppers are suing bottled water manufacturers for repackaging tap water

Posted Wed, 2013/01/02 - 4:04pm by RCAP

Business Insider reported on Dec. 19 that the owners of a Chicago plumbing-supply store are suing Nestle because it did not reveal in its advertisings for bottled water that the store was buying was actually municipal tap water.

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From the "What'll they think of next?" files

Posted Wed, 2011/11/23 - 3:46pm by RCAP

You've heard of bottled water. Introducing boxed water.

A Grand Rapids, Mich.-based company bills itself as "part sustainable water company, part art project, part philanthropic project, and completely curious. Boxed Water Is Better, is a boxed water company."

The description on its website continues: