Let Them Drink Sparkling Water!

These days, I am in wonder of the planet. In a superior way.

I saw an short article in a newspaper at operate. I had to sit down a minute and seriously assume about what it was that shook me. The headline read through: “Paris Introduces Sparkling Water Fountains.” I then uncovered a very similar article in the Guardian.

My initially response was, mmm, scrumptious. I like sparkling water simply because it is the salty, boring version of sweet sodas. My 2nd considered was: why was I taken with this article? I study on. In France, the people today drink a good deal of the fizzy stuff. Maybe it’s a cultural point, but whatever it is, the waste produced from the consumption necessary to be addressed (262,000 tons of plastic waste in 2009 alone).

Then, someone with half a brain knew that to deal with the problem, they wanted to consider the bottle away in a way without the need of perhaps sparking a revolution. So, to “wean” the persons from their wasteful bottles, Eau de Paris (the city’s water supplier) injected carbon dioxide into a public water fountain, with the hopes to do the very same to long term fountains in an work to do away with plastic. In Paris, the people today know what they like and are proud of it.

In North America, we like bottled water: Perrier, San Pelligrino, carbonated, mineral, Smart, Vitamin, and so forth . . . We have a great deal to decide on from for many reasons. The alternatives are great to believe about the plastic waste, not so significantly.

By Brit Weaver

About the Writer

Toronto born and primarily based, Brit is an avid leisure cyclist, coffee drinker and underneath-a-tree park-ist. She often finds herself meandering foreign cities looking for street eats to nibble, trees to climb, a patch of grass to sit on, or a little bookstore to sift as a result of. You can find her musing existence on her personal website, TheBubblesAreDead.wordpress.com.