“The total amount of energy embedded in our use of bottled water—including the energy to produce, fill, transport, chill, and dispose of the bottles can be as high as the equivalent of filling each plastic bottle one quarter full with oil.”
Peter Gleick, Co-founder and President, Pacific Institute http://www.pacinst.org/
Did you know that:
· 4 million
water bottles are used each day in WA
· 3.2 million
of those end up in landfills in WA
· 1,000
years it takes for a plastic water bottle to biodegrade
· 2400
bottled water is 2400 times more expensive than tap water
· 25%
of bottled water sold is simply municipal city water
