![]() ![]() “Fryeburg is tied up in fits,” she writes. ![]() Seamlessly blending scientific explanation and social observation, she pursues the course of Poland Spring back to its source in Fryeburg, Maine. Royte doesn’t traffic in platitudes, moral certainties or oversimplification she’s unafraid of ambiguity. Like her previous book, “Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash,” this tautly paced volume more closely resembles a travel narrative than a tree-hugging jeremiad. And what ignites Elizabeth Royte’s reportorial spark in “Bottlemania” - at least initially - is the ecological cost of all those plastic empties: We discard between 30 billion and 40 billion bottles of Poland Spring, the most popular brand, in a year. In 2006, Americans consumed, per capita, more than 25 gallons of bottled water - twice as much as in 1997 and almost five times as much as in 1987. How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It ![]()
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