The International Bottled Water Association, or IBWA, is a

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of companies in the

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. It promotes bottled water through events such as

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. The association fights attempts to ban or

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bottled water and is active in other legislative and regulatory areas, including drafting bottled water regulations adopted by some state governments. It has worked with the

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in developing a Model Bottled Water Regulation (also known as the Model Code), providing specific guidance to bottlers on legal requirements, quality standards, monitoring procedures and labeling requirements. Members of the IBWA are required to abide by the Code.

History

Started out as the American Bottled Water Association, ABWA founded in 1958; it took on the mantel of IBWA as it grew to include international bottlers in the early 1980s.

Controversy and criticisms

Since 2011, 23 of America's national parks had ended the sale of bottled water products in a bid to become environmentally sustainable. After several months of

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, the

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in 2017, the IBWA succeeded in ending this cessation of sales and once again allowing

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d water waste to be produced inside all national parks.

Conventions

IBWA operates an annual convention and

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References

External links

Official site
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History

Controversy and criticisms

Conventions

See also

References

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