Tapped the Movie Makes a Big Splash with Senator Gabbard

Tapped the Movie was recently screened at the University of Hawai'i Law School. Senator Mike Gabbard was invited to be a panelist along with the Sierra Club's Executive Director Robert Harris, Marvin Heskett of the Surfrider Foundation, Carol Feinga of Kokua Foundation Hawai’i, and Tamara Armstrong of the KYA Sustainability Studio after the film to discuss their thoughts on the documentary.

Tapped is a powerful movie that clearly shows the negative health and environmental impacts created by the bottled water industry. Last year, Hawai’i residents went through 895 million glass bottles, cans, and plastic bottles. Of the 895 million, there were 186 million plastic bottles. We had a 79% redemption rate and 147 million plastic bottles were recycled. However, 39 million bottles ended up in the landfill or became litter.

Senator Gabbard feels strongly that it is important for the government to lead by example, so he will be introducing a bill for the upcoming legislative session to prohibit state agencies from using public money to purchase single-serving bottled water. Other cities like San Francisco and Seattle have been successful with similar laws.

If you haven't checked out the film or the trailer, go to www.tappedthemovie.com and get ready to support Senator Gabbard's bottled water bill by submitting testimony or testifying in person.