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Fiji Water Bottle Travel Story

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Objective: Tell the story of a Fiji water bottle, from production (filling) to trash, or recycling, to where the bottle ends up. You must ground the story in sources you can find. You can choose whether the bottle gets recycled or thrown in the trash, etc.
Overarching Question:
Bottled Water production and purchasing drastically increased over the past 20 years. Why?
First using the resources below and any other you think you need, begin to research the possible story.
Guiding Questions:
Who owns the company?
Where does the water come from? (source?)
How far might it have been shipped from to get to NYC?
What might happen to it after someone drinks it.
Anything else you can share.
Articles to help:
https://news(dot)nationalgeographic(dot)com/2016/04/160420-bottled-water-sales-record-high-despite-environmental-opposition/
https://www(dot)theatlantic(dot)com/technology/archive/2015/12/what-actually-happens-to-a-recycled-plastic-bottle/418326/
https://www(dot)motherjones(dot)com/environment/2013/03/bottled-water-poland-spring-rubio/
https://www(dot)washingtonpost(dot)com/news/wonk/wp/2015/08/28/americas-growing-love-affair-with-the-most-wasteful-thing-to-drink-there-is/?utm_term=.92b8fdf2ec68
fter being Recycled:
https://www(dot)theatlantic(dot)com/technology/archive/2015/12/what-actually-happens-to-a-recycled-plastic-bottle/418326/
https://www(dot)nytimes(dot)com/2018/05/29/climate/recycling-landfills-plastic-papers.html
https://www(dot)pbs(dot)org/newshour/science/humans-made-8-3-billion-tons-plastic-go

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Introduction
FIJI WATER BOTTLE TRAVEL STORY
Despite environmental concerns, bottled water consumption per person doubled from 16.7 gallons in 2000 to 36.4 gallons in 2015 in the United States. At the center of this rise was water from Fiji Water, the only multinational company that has its roots in Fiji. Other than its unique source of water, Fiji Water’s growth is also attributed to the recycling nature of the bottles used. This paper aims to describe the travel story of Fiji Water bottles and why the purchase of bottled water has increased rapidly despite environmental concerns.
Fiji Water
Founded in 1996, Fiji Water began when David Gilmour discovered a massive aquifer on Fiji’s main island, Viti Levu. Gilmour went on to obtain a 99-year lease of the land directly above the aquifer and set up the company’s first bottling plant. The company experienced rapid growth, which led to the construction of another bottling company that produced 25 million bottles of water per year. Since 2008, 97% of Fiji Water is exported to the United States, Canada, and Australia, which are the largest bottled water markets in the world (Jones, p 115).
The travel story of Fiji Water bottles
The production of Fiji water bottles starts with the manufacturing of plastic resin, which is done by Amcor Plastics, a company in San Francisco. Plastic resin is a high-grade plastic commonly known as Polythelen Terephthlate (PET) that is preferred for its durability and ease of recycling (Winter). Water filled in the bottles originates from a protected artesian aquifer found deep underground in the remote Fiji Islands. Therefore, to fill the bottles, Fiji Water uses a sophisticated pumping system to draw the water out of the artesian aquifer and then dispense the contents into the bottles in a way that the water does not come into contact with aboveground oxygen. The entire bottling process is “closed”, so the pristine quality of the water is untouched by aboveground air until the consumer twis...
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