Bottling up trouble

The bottled water industry is enjoying a golden age of growth. Christopher Gasson asks whether it detracts from utility investment.

The bottled water industry seems to have become the new bad guy in our sector. On both sides of America, restaurant-goers are being urged to ask for tap water rather than fancy mineral waters, in order to protect their wallets and the environment. The logic is that plastic water bottles fill up landfill sites, and shipping crates of packaged water ...

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