The next time you pick up a plastic bottle of water....

Ask yourself where it came from.

AlterNet: Rural Communities Exploited by Nestle for Your Bottled Water: "Bottled water costs way more than the few bucks you pay at the store. Across the U.S., rural communities are footing the bill for the booming bottled water industry. Nestle's advance on a small town in California is the latest example."

And where it's going...


Detail from a depiction of the two million plastic bottles used in the U.S. every five minutes. (Chris Jordan)