Walkabout Waterbottle Walkabout waterbottle's come a long way to be here today It's just plain water with a vague hint of soil, but it's worth its weight in oil Every day what a lot of bottled water's shipped around the planet tipped to be fashionably sipped It's a plastic, packaged promotional trap for something we should get from a tap Importing water oughta be thought of as resources out of sync, don't need a handful of land fill with every drink Yeah, recycling's good, re-use is better yet, but not to make it at all's the best bet Full colour labels rave how they can save us, outrageous claims do us no favours Saying "chemical free" is kind of pox, I'd guarantee it's chockers with dihydrogen monoxide It's not naturally any purer to be from somewhere fancy free like France or Fiji Get globally vocal, but go really local, oppose those disposed to impose disposable Bottled water's but a salient example relating to a world of pointless packaging and frivolous freighting And while demand meets supply, they'll suck us dry, so keep your cash, purge your urge to buy Just give it to me straight, not refined or overly pure, cut all the waste and the hype and the overture Though in the bedroom, instead, dub thee a knighthood, a little wrapping there could do the earth a world of good ©Mal Webb 2009 In places where the tap water is fine to drink, bottled water is a waste of money and resources. When bottled water is necessary, the bigger the better, with reuseable bottles. Small plastic bottles imported from far flung places are the most wasteful, considering the used bottles mostly end up as landfill.