THOSE eight daily glasses of water you’re supposed to drink for good health? They will cost you about 50 cents a year
— if you take it from a tap. Or, you could spend roughly $1,400 yearly, by drinking bottled water!
The annual carbon footprint of bottled water consumption in the U.S. is over 50 million barrels of oil
equivalent—enough to run 3 million cars for one year.
Did you know?
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It takes 3 liters of water to produce 1 liter of bottled water
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80% of the plastic water bottles sold each year end up in landfills
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The water is not necessarily better than tap water. A recent study found that about 1/3 of the
bottled water tested was contaminated.
Recycle your water bottles and, better yet, choose to re-use a refillable water bottle made of a
refill-safe material. Click here to find out more.
