Think gas prices are too high? Why are we paying for bottled water at $10.00 per gallon?
Sure, gas prices are high, but why are we paying even more for water? Not only does bottled water contribute to incredible amounts of waste, but it also costs a thousand times more than water from the tap, and there’s a good chance that that’s exactly where it comes from—a municipal water supply. Last year, this popular convenience sent 38 billion empty plastic bottles to America’s landfills.
Section: Best Things to Avoid, Fall 2007
Tags: bottled,
water,
gas,
Pepsi,
Coke,
Dasani,
Aquafina,
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saving,
cut,
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If not cautious, highly financed advertising campaigns can quickly crumble like a fallen empire. Here are just a few examples of marketing gone wrong.
Remember Crystal Pepsi? Take a trip down memory lane as we recall some of the biggest mishaps in advertising.
Section: Best Diversions, July/August 2008
Tags: advertising,
mishaps,
Pepsi,
Gigli,
Waterworld,
Pizza,
Simpson,
Boston,
Police,
Cartoon,
Houston,
Enron,
Astros,
Federal,
Reserve,
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dollar
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