Bottle Water Do More Harm Than Good

bottle water do more harm than good.

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Abandoning bottled water saves money, environment

Here are the five reasons you should give up bottled water:

1. Forty percent of bottled water is glorified tap water. This means that a good portion of the bottled water you buy comes from a garden hose. Unless a bottle of water specifies “Natural Spring Water” on the label, then it is the same liquid that comes out your faucet.

2. Bottled water costs five times more per unit than gasoline, and 250 to 1,000 times more per unit than tap water. Forget rising gas prices-every time you buy bottled water, you are throwing your money away.

Think about how many extra beers you can buy if you switch to tap water!

3. Bottled water wastes fuel. It takes 1.5 million barrels of oil annually to make the bottles for water (this figure does not include soda bottles). This is the equivalent of a year’s supply of fuel for 100,000 cars. Furthermore, fossil fuels are required to make polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles and transport them on gas-guzzling trucks, whereas tap water utilizes current piping infrastructures.

4. Most water bottles are not recycled. In California, the leading Green state of the United States, only 16 percent of water bottles are recycled. This means on average, 90 percent of water bottles end up in land fills, where they take 1,000 years to biodegrade.

5. We are fortunate to live in a country with excellent tap water. Compared to countries around the world, the United States has a spectacular tap water system, with 50 years of research to prove its benefits.