Unbotttling The Facts About Bottled Water
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190,000 homes could be powered with the energy we use bottling water. The average price of bottled water is more than 10,000 times the cost of tap water. Last year, the average American used 167 plastic water bottles, but only recycled 38. Only 10% of the cost of bottled water goes to the actual water. The other 90% goes to the packaging, marketing and transportation. Check out Elkay bottle fillers on hpproducts.com, and start minimizing plastic bottle waste today! 17 million barrels of oil are used annually to make America’s bottled water. It’s enough to fuel 1.3 million cars for a year. The recommended eight glasses of water a day at current rates equals close to $.49 per year . The same amount of bottled water is about $1,400 per year . UNBOTTLING THE FACTS ABOUT BOTTLED WATER It takes more than 450 years for a plastic bottle to completely break down. The U.S. is the largest consumer of bottled water in the world.
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190,000 homescould be powered with the energy we use bottling water.
The average price of bottled water is more than
10,000 times the cost of tap water.
Last year, the average American used 167 plastic water bottles, but only recycled 38.
Only 10% of the cost of bottled water goes to the actual water. The other 90% goes to the packaging, marketing and transportation.
Check out Elkay bottle fillers on hpproducts.com, and start minimizing plastic bottle waste today!
17 million barrels of oil are used annually to make America’s bottled water.
It’s enough to fuel
1.3 million cars for a year.
The recommended eight glasses of water a day at current rates equals close
to $.49 per year.
The same amount of bottled water is about
$1,400 per year.
UNBOTTLING THE FACTSABOUT BOTTLED WATER
It takes more than
450 years for a plastic bottle to completely break down.
The U.S. is the largest consumer of bottled water in the world.
