How Nestle makes billions bottling free water | AJ+

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Nestle, the worldโ€™s largest food and beverage company, bottles Michiganโ€™s water for next to nothing and sells it at great profit. And the state has just approved its request to pump even more, despite the failed promise of jobs and 80,000 public comments against Nestle. Meanwhile, just two hours away, Flint still doesn’t have clean water. AJ+’s Dena Takruri meets those who have a stake in this fight, including local environmentalists, a tribal citizen, ordinary residents and a Nestle spokeswoman.

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  1. According to a HANDELSBLATT article from today, Nestle only had 9% "recycled plastic" – which is extremely low.
    For comparison: LยดOreal had 32% and Werner&Metz (Erdal, Emsal, Frosch) even had 62%.

    Apparently Nestle places more emphasis on PR videos about alleged environmental protection than actually doing more for the environment!

  2. so they give the town hush money and the town manager seems to to think its a good deal? sounds like money is going in his pockets?๐Ÿ˜Š

  3. THIS IS SO INSANE & EVIL & IT NEEDS TO END NOW ! WHY IS THIS STILL HAPPENING ?!?!? ENOUGH ! i BUY OTHER BRANDS ,, ONLY TO FIND THEY OWN THEM A L L !!! END THIS COMPANY !!! ARE THEY BEHIND ALL THESE TRAIN DERAILMENTS POISONING OUR WATER SO WE CAN'T DRINK FROM OUR HOME TAPS ????

  4. Interviewer: you're not concerned the area is being depleted?
    Nestle: The science doesn't show that.

    Um, you don't need science to tell you that if you remove water, it can never be replenished. Rainwater stays near the surface and can't replenish deep aquifers.

  5. Missing the point, I know. But when that lady at the end was asked what should Nestle do and she responded with "go home, we don't want them here.", my first thought was "hmm wonder what Native Americans might think about us being here…"

  6. Flint Michigan residents have still NOT received compensation for the water crisis of 2014. Supposedly a $600 million settlement was approved but residents to this day have received nothing!

  7. So Nestle comes in, takes your water and sells it for massive amounts of profits and gives you 300k for it, nice ๐Ÿ˜„. Just so you all know, all these corporations are allowed by governments and government officials take cuts, its not just the water this is done with.

  8. Bottled water without significant additives is a major rip-off and creates waste. Hell even flavored water may only contain 1% of other stuff that we could add from a concentrate. Recently I picked up water supposedly with birch sap. 1% birch samp, a smidge of apple acid, and the normal stuff that anyone could get cheaply: sugar and citric acid. Bottled water should be banned.

  9. Arlene Anderson Vincent is a terrible liar
    But she sure does it alot.
    I was waiting for all the marbles to fall out of her mouth. She's a lousy Nestlรฉ
    representative.
    Our crappy state government here in California is selling out its citizens too.
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  10. ุงู„ู„ู‘ูŽู‡ูู…ู‘ูŽ ุฅูู†ู‘ููŠ ุธูŽู„ูŽู…ู’ุชู ู†ูŽูู’ุณููŠ ุธู„ู’ู…ุงู‹ ูƒูŽุซููŠุฑุงู‹ ุŒ ูˆูŽู„ุง ูŠูŽุบู’ููุฑู ุงู„ุฐู‘ูู†ููˆุจ ุฅูู„ุงู‘ูŽ ุฃูŽู†ู’ุชูŽ. ููŽุงุบู’ููุฑู’ ู„ููŠ ู…ูŽุบู’ููุฑูŽุฉู‹ ู…ูู†ู’ ุนูู†ู’ุฏูŽูƒูŽ ุŒ ูˆูŽุงุฑู’ุญูŽู…ู’ู†ููŠ ุฅูู†ู‘ูŽูƒูŽ ุฃูŽู†ู’ุชูŽ ุงู„ุบูŽูููˆุฑู ุงู„ุฑู‘ูŽุญููŠู…ู

  11. Everything in America is run by big corporations bent on making obscene profits. That is why they donโ€™t give a shit about their fellow Americans.
    Only one school bus.
    Those obsolete yellow buses.
    Virtual only one motor bike company.
    The same goes with your coaches ( Greyhound.)
    Also Yellow taxis particularly in New York.
    One of only three countries who didnโ€™t go metric, along with Liberia and Burma.
    Also the food industry is governed by big business
    like McDonalds, Subways,
    Hungry Jacks and many
    others.
    There are also more Gun Shops, then fast food shops.
    The US government is fully controlled by Big Corporations always were, Is and always will be.
    The U.S. government is nothing more than toothless tiger, ie Tiger Lillies

  12. Boycott and DONT BUY Nestle products in UK & Europe they are still operating factories in russia, putting money in putins pockets

    More than 7,000 Nestlรฉ workers in Russia are at risk of being conscripted into the Ukraine war as the company comes under pressure to withdraw from the country.

    The food giant, which has six factories in Russia, refused to say whether it would intervene to stop staff being called up to fight in Ukraine

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