Plastic Water: The Social and Material Life of Bottled Water

by Gay Hawkins, Kane Race, Emily Potter

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How and why branded bottles of water have insinuated themselves into our daily lives, and what the implications are for safe urban water supplies.

How did branded bottles of water insinuate themselves into our daily lives? Why did water become an economic good--no longer a common resource but a commercial product, in industry parlance a "fast moving consumer good," or FMCG? Plastic Water examines the processes behind this transformation...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0262029413

ISBN13:9780262029414

Release Date:August 2015

Publisher:MIT Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 5.9" x 9.0"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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