When the material that goes into the making of your packaging gets outlawed in certain states, you might consider addressing this on the container itself so as to make sure there's no confusion. Bottled water companies in particular have to pay attention to the legal policies that might make it difficult to sell their products the way that they normally do in certain areas of the country.
According to Time magazine, San Francisco may be the latest to ban plastic water bottles due to concerns of environmental waste.
The plan, which will be decided on next month, is, at least as of now, not an across the board ban and would still allow bottled water to show up in different circumstances in the city.
Part of this seems motivated by a desire to get citizens using public fountains and more "sustainable" means of water storage, usage and transportation. But the overtures being made in this area are being met with some contention from the industry, which, according to a representative of the American Business Association, is against the character of the water bottles themselves, which are easily recyclable, and the individual consumer's freedom of choice.
Since part of this proposed ban depends upon the size of the bottle in question and how much water it would hold, companies can address this in an obviously way on the product labels they use. This can help avoid confusion about how a company's operations impact the environment.
Bottled water labels for specialty events might be an important tool for making sure that there's no misperceptions given to consumers about the context in which the water was bottled.
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