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El Camino College acquires large amounts of money from students, however, our drinking fountains are dirty, when they work. Private companies on our campus force students to purchase their $1.50 bottle of Dasani since students wish to have clean drinking water. Where is all the money from bottled water purchases and how does a public institution require students to pay money for access to clean drinking water? It costs less than one cent per gallon of water from the Los Angeles Department of…

The Control of Nature Atchafalaya, by John Mcphee, is a fascinating article on the Atchafalaya, the Mississippi River, and the history of these two. The article delves into the various facets of concerns and implications for these rivers - informing the reader, and introduces new ideas to persuade the reader. The Mississippi, like most rivers, were much larger a long time ago. About three to four thousand years ago to be exact. According to Mcphee, the main channel of the mississippi is now…

The definition of bottled water is “drinking water, often spring water, sometimes carbonated, sealed in bottles and usually certified as pure” (dictionary.com) According to the same website, www.dictionary.com, the definition of tap water is “water, obtained directly from a faucet or tap, that has not been purified, distilled, or otherwise treated”. The history of bottled water is important because it tells when and where it was founded. There are multiple differences between tap water and…

After all of these tests and doctor visits, I was diagnosed with stage one ovarian cancer. A granulosa cell tumor was found on my right ovary. It was pretty rare considering less than five out of one hundred ovarian cancer patients have a tumor like that. It was astonishing that a sixteen year old, with no previous ovarian cancer occurrences in her family, was diagnosed with the cancer. The average age for an ovarian cancer occurrence is sixty three years old. My doctors concluded that the best…

Joe O'Neill Powell ENS 112 Individual Project 5 December 2017 Project: Cutting Back on Plastic Water Bottles Introduction According to the CRI (Container Recycling Institute), each day in the U.S. more than 60 million water bottles are thrown away, about 22 billion per year. The ultimate problem is the misuse of the water bottles after they are consumed. About 80% of plastics end up in landfills or incinerators, and as seen many are littered and end up on the streets or in public parks.…

They come prefilled with a lid, making it something easy to pick up and drink in a hurry. Tap water has many more health benefits than bottled water, but it can prove to be more of a hassle than picking up a Dasani from the gas station on the corner. You have to find or pay for a reusable bottle. They do not come prefilled, so the user has to find a space to fill it up. If you are out hiking and your resusable water bottle runs out, it will be very difficult…

Sweet tops / ProTops- sweet tops is a product based around a lid. Replacing a water bottle lid with this lid to turn your normal water into a great tasting drink. This product isn't complicated its simple and i believe it can create a pocketful of revenue. Value proposition We deliver a cheap great tasting sweetener that gives the customer a good deal. Solving the problem of needing a drink when you're on the go for the day. We will be selling these individually and also in 6 packs. We are…

Cynthia Barnett’s Business in a Bottle and Peter Gleick’s Selling Bottled Water both claim the bottled water industry has convinced the general public that bottled water is more beneficial for them than tap water. However, it is Gleick’s argument in Selling Bottled Water drastically expands on the heavily qualified evidence Barnett presents in Business in a Bottle: Barnett’s opitimism seems to seep into her argument in which she argues that bottled water has simply put out effective advertising…

Ever since our President Barack Obama became President his first lady has had a goal encourage physical activity for children and promote healthy eating. Michelle Obama created the “Let’s Move!” campaign which encourages physical activity for children instead of staying at home and watching television all day. This campaign is a movement to help fight childhood obesity. Along with that she has also started to promote the campaign to ban all unhealthy snacks and beverages in the school vending…

The Coca-Cola Company is the largest operating beverage company in the world. This iconic brand is the largest manufacturer, distributor, and marketer of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. The Coca-Cola Company operates in over two hundred countries throughout the world. They sell to more than four hundred different brands that eventually produce over three thousand different products. Surprisingly, Coca-Cola earns almost 75% of revenue from international sales, which are not always…