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Roughly 1.5 million tons of
plastic are expended in the bottling of 89 billion liters of water each
year*
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The energy required in manufacturing and transporting bottled water to
market severely drains limited fossil fuels*
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Packaging and shipping water consumes energy and contributes to global
warming*
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Bottling water produced
more than 2.5 million tons of carbon dioxide last year*
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American bottled water
consumption requires the equivalent of more than 17 million barrels of oil
each year, not including the energy for transportation*
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It takes 3 liters of water
to produce 1 liter of bottled water*
*Source: Bottled Water and Energy, A Fact Sheet. Pacific Institute
© 2008.
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NO BOTTLES = No Plastic
expended into landfills
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NO
BOTTLES = Much less in manufacturing and transportation thus greatly
reducing the use of fossil fuels
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NO
BOTTLES = Little or no contribution to global warming
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NO BOTTLES = Massive
reduction in carbon dioxide emissions
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NO BOTTLES = Helps reduce
our dependency on foreign oil
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NO BOTTLES = Less waste
means a much smaller carbon footprint |
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