Water bottles which are made mostly of paper, not plastic. The paper used for bottles is sourced from trees that have been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. The bottles, which are fully recyclable, are made of 53 percent paper; the rest of the bottle is made of plastic and a small amount of aluminium. […]
POLLUTION ON TAP: China’s housing boom has destroyed its biggest cities’ drinking water
More than 70% of the watersheds that supply water to China’s 30 largest cities are severely polluted, threatening the water supply for hundreds of millions of people, a recent report, “The China Urban Water Blueprint”, finds. Link to the story
Solar-powered Pipe desalinizes 1.5 billion gallons of drinking water for California
The following four blogs are good articles we found for you. The infrastructure California needs to generate energy for electricity and clean water, which will be significant, need not blight the landscape. Designs like The Pipe demonstrate how the provision of public services like these can be knitted into everyday life in a healthy, aesthetically-pleasing way. Link […]