If we care about plastic waste, why won't we stop drinking bottled water?

We have all seen the damage plastic waste is doing around the world - but sales of bottled water have continued to growFor all the innovation and choice that define the food and drink industries, if you want to make money, you could do a lot worse than bung some water in a bottle and flog it. A litre of tap water, the stuff we have ingeniously piped into our homes, costs less than half a penny. A litre of bottled water can cost well over a pound, especially for something fancy that has been sucked through a mountain.Yet the bottled water market is more buoyant than ever, defying the plastics backlash inspired by stricken albatrosses on the BBC's Blue Planet, and a broader, growing sense that something has to change. Continue reading...