Fact #1. Bottles used to package water take over 1,000 years to bio-degrade and if incinerated, they produce toxic fumes. It is estimated that over 80% of all single-use water bottles used in the U.S. simply become “litter.”
Fact #2. Recycling is only feasible in limited circumstances because only PET bottles can be recycled. All other bottles are discarded. Only 1 out of 5 bottles are sent to the recycle bin.
Fact #3. U.S. landfills are overflowing with 2 million tons of discarded water bottles alone.
Fact #4. It takes over 1.5 million barrels of oil to meet the demand of U.S. water bottle manufacturing. This amount of oil far exceeds the amount needed to power 100,000 for a year, which does not include fossil fuel and emissions costs of green house gases needed to transport the final product to market.
Fact #5. It is estimated that actually 3 liters of water is used to package 1 liter of bottled water.
I want my water in paper cartons.
I want everything in paper cartons.I always get hit with guilt whenever we buy bottled water, but mom refuses to drink tap, and will only drink Dasani. I’ve begged her to buy a filter but she won’t.
i had no idea these existed. its so simple.
i want this so bad
(via solati)
Source: thewaterproject.org
