The Treeson is a new brand of bottled water made from plant-based plastic that can be later burned for energy. But is it just greenwashing?
Environmentalists usually hate disposable water bottles and with good reason: More than 30 billion end up in landfills each year, some float out to litter the ocean, and millions of barrels of oil are used just to make the plastic. Now a new Kickstarter project claims to introduce a greener version of the standard disposable bottle. But is it possible to actually claim to have a green water bottle, when people can just turn on the tap?