Why Not Drink Bottled Water?

Learn the real facts of the bottled water

industry and the effects on our environment please read this article before you buy any more bottled water. 

The bottled water industry is massive it would be very difficult to estimate just how much bottled water is sold throughout the world.

The sales of bottled water are causing a major problem to our environment we live in.

What most people are not taking into consideration the amount of energy to manufacture the plastic bottles is astounding. This is a fact that to manufacture enough plastic bottles to supply the US alone it is estimated to burn 18 million barrels of oil each and every year! That is enough oil to fuel up one hundred thousand cars for twelve months.

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The problem does not stop there; the transportation costs to ship water all over the world  taking into consideration  the sheer weight of the product again is frightening figures.

Okay we have covered the costs but what happens to all the used bottles? Some are recycled for the folks that have consideration for our environment, but in lots of cases these plastic bottles are dumped in our land fill sites and adding to our environmental problems.     

 According to recent reports the bottled water industry has tripled over the past 10 years with sales of 4 to 5 billion every year. According to recent reports  Italy are the largest consumer of  bottled water in western Europe in 2003 they managed to consume more than ten billion litres that’s more than a hundred and fifty litres per person.

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 So why do we drink bottled water. I believe because the water from the tap tastes disgusting and so we turn to bottled water. I must admit that bottled water does taste slightly better but at what cost!

We are led to believe that bottled water is better for our health than water from the tap. The problem as I see it is the length of time the water is stored in the plastic bottles and what affect the plastic has on the water inside. The natural resources Defence council have studied the contamination level in bottled water and found around a third of the water to be contaminated that’s a pretty scary thought. Some organisations are discovering that bottled water regulations are inadequate and need investigating further as far as being safe for us to drink. Another report stated that bottled water is no safer to drink than water from tap water.

I think what most people don’t realise that bottled water costs six to seven hundred percent more than tap water we must ask ourselves the question is it really worth it when we can not rely on it to be any better to drink than tap water?

So what are the alternatives to drinking bottled water? For many years I have consumed water from a reverse osmosis drinking water system it is a fraction of the cost of bottled water and you will love the taste and it helps the environment plus it saves me loads of money because I do not buy bottled water

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