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New book from Tappening and Hatherleigh Press: Ad and PR gurus team with publisher to serve the earth

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Tappening-a campaign created by PR heavyweight Eric Yaverbaum and advertising CEO Mark DiMassimo to inform people about the wastefulness of bottled water and encourage the use of its easy environmental alternative, tap water-and the publishing company Hatherleigh Press have joined forces in a big way over a little book: You Can Save the Earth. The book celebrates some of the easiest and most effective ways to make a difference in the world.

Talking Faucet Spouts Off, Angers Bottled Water Company

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A bottled water producer became uncorked when the Miami-Dade water company placed radio ads that featured a talking faucet. This faucet would gab in a Brooklyn-style accent about the superb quality of water that came from its fellow taps. The vocal faucet would say things like, “Bottled water is not regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency. Tap water is.

Bottled water firm to launch refund program

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Canadian Springs says 25-cent deposit-for-refund on 500 ml containers best method of cutting waste (and Turntotap agrees, this is a great idea!

Sales of bottled water go flat as consumers return to the tap

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By Jenny Wiggins, Consumer Industries Correspondent
Financial Times: FT.com
Published: September 15 2008 03:00 | Last updated: September 15 2008 03:00

The ubiquitous plastic water bottle, long the bane of environmental campaigners, is being ditched by consumers in Europe and the US as incomes slump and people return to the tap for a free drink.

Interview with Elizabeth Royte, Author of Bottlemania

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Water on the Brain

By Michelle Nijhuis - The Santa Fe Reporter (http://sfreporter.com/)     Journalist Elizabeth Royte drinks tap water, but she spends a lot of time thinking about the bottled kind.

Nestlé Plan on Hold in Southern Maine

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It's another day, another bad water mining contract for Nestlé's water barons. This time, the multinational corporation trained its sights on Southern Maine's Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, and Wells (KKW) Water District.

Graphic: Bottled water imports and exports

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Turn to Tap site founder interviewed on NPR!

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Wisconsin Public Radio's popular live show, Conversations with Kathleen Dunn, featured David Wilk talking about "The Bottled Water Backlash" on Monday, May 5 at 10 a.m. central time for approximately 30 minutes.  The next segment of the show featured E: Environmental Magazine writer Melissa Knopper who wrote the story that appears in this month's excellent issue of that magazine.

Ms. Dunn did a great job of highlighting the most important issues concerning bottled water and gave us a great opportunity to talk about ways we can work together to make positive change.