Warning! Capitalist pig alert.
The boss of Nestlé Waters has said the company wants to increase the amount of water it bottles in California despite a devastating drought across the state that has triggered demonstrations at the corporation’s bottling plant.
Tim Brown, chief executive of Nestlé Waters North America, said the company would “absolutely not” stop bottling in California and would actually like to “increase” the amount of ground source water it uses.
Asked in a local radio interview if Nestlé would consider following Starbucks’ lead and stop bottling water in California during the drought, Brown said: “Absolutely not. In fact, if I could increase it, I would.
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Mr. Brown went on to say that the need to hydrate trumps all other concerns.
More than 82,000 people have signed a petition calling on Nestlé to stop bottling from a spring in southern California, and protesters armed with plastic pitchforks have blocked the entrance to a Nestlé plant in Sacramento.
Despite the protests, Brown said: “We feel good about what we’re doing delivering healthy hydrating to people throughout the state of California.”
The California drought is a major emergency for California and it may become a disaster for the entire United States. Nestle is a foreign company. How can there be no political will to shut them down in California?
I don't have any deep thoughts on this. I was mainly just shocked to see the title from The Guardian, and I don't see that anybody has mentioned this here.
ON EDIT: A companion piece in today's The Guardian notes that Walmart is another large company obtaining its bottled water from California: http://www.theguardian.com/....