Lifecycle of Bottled Water
Team Members: Joshua Curry and Melia Ungson With water pollution and availability of serious concern, and with varying levels of funding for and confidence in the government in China and India to take...
View ArticleLaying the foundation for water and waste
We are team bottled water and this is our first blog post! The goal of our project is to understand the consumer beverage industry, with a focus on bottled water, from cradle to grave. We spent the...
View ArticleSearching for trash street in Shenzhen
In the morning before heading to Hong Kong to catch our flight to India, our team (accompanied by Angel) set out to find the local “trash street.” While we didn’t ultimately find our initial...
View ArticleA first gulp of bottled water in Delhi
We’ve been in India for a few days now, and the bustling, colorful city of New Delhi has quickly proven a fascinating comparison with the cities of the Pearl River Delta. Before diving in to some...
View ArticleDelhi’s waste woes: a news digest
Nearly every day since we arrived in Delhi, the Hindustan Times has had at least one article on Delhi’s waste problems. The basic situation is this: Every day, Delhi produces 7000 to 9000 tones of...
View ArticleA stroll through Lodi Gardens: water bottles and waste in a public park
After spending the first part of the afternoon at a water conference held in the Habitat Center, Josh and I wandered a few blocks over to explore bottled water and waste in a public park, and soon...
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