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However the company's portion of its website that tracked its progress was shut down by 2011. By 2019, only 50% of the area of natural forest the company promised was planted. Fiji Water's carbon negative plan will not be met until at least 2037. Aja Romano from Vox wrote that "the long-term impact of globally exporting drinking water is a giant mess of un-recycled plastic clogging landfills." While Romano's quote is in reference to the water bottling industry overall, her article was focused on Fiji Water.
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reported in 2007 that the factory machinery to extract water from underground is run on diesel fuel. Producing one Fiji Water bottle uses 1.75 gallons of water and 2,000 times more energy than tap water. In 2008, to reduce its carbon footprint, the company announced plans to plant natural forest.
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In 2007–2008, disputes with the Fiji government over export duties led to legal cases, impounded shipments and a self-imposed industry-wide shutdown of Fijian water bottlers. The government eventually dropped its proposed 20-cent per litre tax. In
December 2008, Fiji Water laid off
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November 29, 2010. The purpose of the raise was to increase Fiji Water's tax contribution to the Fiji Government on the F$
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585:"Water works shut down as tax trickle turns into stream"
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