SierraClub_Bottledwater

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Hint: It’s NOT bottled water!

What’s in the bucket?


$0.00=

for water

$1.50=

for water


$0.01=

for water


$6.00=

for water


China Brazil Mexico United States

26,000,000,000

18,000,000,000

12,000,000,00012,000,000,000

2004 total bottled water consumption (liters)


• 6,868,473,361 gallons of bottled water/year

• 24 gallons of bottled water per person/year

• 4 bottles/person/week (16 oz bottle)

• 8 oz of bottled water per person/day

• 1,500,000 barrels of oil to make plastic bottles,

enough to fuel 100,000 cars for one year

liters means


In the US, 86% of recyclable water bottles

end up as garbage or litter. So ...


4 (bottles/wk)

* 86% (trash)

every second!

= 1,500 water

bottles that end

up as garbage

or litter


But what if ...

she replaced 2 of

her 4 bottles each

week with a

reusable container

filled with tap

water?


we all did?

What if ...


• 24,000,000,000 bottles would NOT become garbage or litter every year

• 750,000 barrels of oil could be saved EVERY year

• we would each save about $150 EVERY year

if each person in the US replaced 2 of 4 bottles/week

with a reusable container filled with tap water ...


Can we do it?


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