We Need to Put a Cap on Bottled Beverages

Bottled water may be the environmental scapegoat of the soft-drink industry.

I don't mean to let bottled water off the hook. It's absurd to pay $1 or more for 12-ounce bottles of stuff we can get from a kitchen sink for pennies per gallon, especially when the store-bought stuff often isn't any better than tap water.

It takes a lot of fuel to haul bottled spring water from far-off locales like Fiji, Iceland or Europe. And only about 15% of water bottles are recycled.

But other types of soft drinks are not much greener. ...