Bottled Water Matters has released a new YouTube video that looks at actions taken by bottled water companies to protect the environment for future generations.

The Good Stewards of the Environment video highlights specific initiatives that bottled water companies have taken to protect natural resources. Areas covered include groundwater management, reusing packaging resources, reducing waste and giving back to communities by helping with tree planting and cleanups.

“All of these initiatives demonstrate efforts by bottled water companies to protect the environment,” said Tom Lauria, IBWA Vice-President Communications. “We decided to release this short video on World Water Day 2010 to set the facts straight that the bottled water companies are good stewards of the environment.”

In the video, bottled water executives from CG Roxanne, Nestle Waters North America, Mountain Valley Spring Water and Roaring Spring Bottling are interviewed by a teenager regarding their environmental initiatives.

“These represent only a small slice of what the bottled water industry is doing. Each IBWA member has a good steward story to tell – we produced this video as just a small sampling of their initiatives,” said Mr. Lauria.

To view the video, click here.