This packaging weight contributes a lot to the overall shipping weight of the finished product and therefore to its greenhouse gas emissions. (treehugger.com)
For all the International orders, you will have to pay the actual shipping charges, these charges are based on shipping weight, rather than order amount. (theinstylejournal.com)
In addition to Fiji Water's efforts, Nestle Waters North America (Arrowhead, Deer Park, etc.) has drastically reduced the weight of their plastic bottles, cutting shipping emissions; Evian ships by barge within Europe whenever possible to reduce transportation emissions and also protects the above ground ecology of a massive aquifer; and Gerolsteiner has switched from glass to plastic bottles to reduce shipping weight as well. (treehugger.com)