Nestle Goes Down in Flames Again: Flagstaff Slaps Down Bottling Plant (Ouch!)

Nestle Waters, baby, can you feel the love?

No?!

I’m not surprised. After a series of rabbit punches to the multinational’s nether regions in places as diverse as Mecosta County, Shapleigh, Enumclaw and a few others, Nestle’s just been sent packing by Flagstaff’s mayor with a line that should be printed on every plastic water bottle in this country:

“This kind of business is dead on arrival,” Presler said. “It doesn’t pass the common sense test.”

Ouch.

Here’s more from the azcentral blog:

Flagstaff Mayor Sara Presler said the city won’t sell water to Nestle, despite the promise of a little cash and as many as 50 jobs. According to the story in the Arizona Daily Sun, the mayor:

…said the proposal wasn’t a good fit for the community for a number of reasons, including long-term water sustainability and the use of plastic bottles.

“It is important that we have a clear and adequate water supply,” she said. “We need water for our citizens and that’s our priority.”

Nestle wanted to buy about 55 million gallons of water to bottle. The Sun notes that Flagstaff residents use the same amount every five or six days, so the issue wasn’t just quantity.

Presler said the decision was simple to make, noting the city is currently working on a number of projects that will assure that the city has long-term sustainable water supply.

Nestle. We’re friends. We’ve been friends for a long time. We can talk, right?

I’m thinking it’s time you got yourself into something with a future. You know, something with legs. And I think – unlike the famous line from the famous line – that “thing” isn’t in plastics.

via azcentral.com blogs – Waterblogged: Nestle plan to bottle Flag’s water ‘unsustainable’.