Will Self Takes the Waters

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Will Self explores the environmental impact of the bottled water industry.

Will Self explores the sustainability of the bottled water industry. In this final episode Will's transported to the island paradise of Fiji - whose number one export is water.

Will Self explores the environmental impact of the bottled water industry. 

In this final episode Will's transported to the island paradise of Fiji - whose number one export is water.

He explores whether it's possible to justify shipping bottled water around the globe.

Closer to home, he speaks to Nestlé, the owners of Buxton Water, about their own environmental record.

Producer: Laurence Grissell


(Photo credit:  Luther Self)

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Will Self ponders the origins of our insatiable thirst for bottled waters.

Will Self ponders the origins of our insatiable thirst for bottled waters, and the spa towns from which they spring. Are they a luxury the world can no longer afford?

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