An organization called Ban the Bottle has some startling statistics on the use of plastic water bottles in the US. Let's look at the numbers for the US, but please keep in mind that this is only part of the problem the world is facing.
Occupy Your Water Rights urges you to stop use of plastic bottles at home, at work, and in your civic organizations. Please read the information below and share it with your family, friends and colleagues.
Here is a snapshot from Ban The Bottle. Much more information is available at the website - see link below.
Why is bottled water a concern? Here are just a few reasons…
- Making bottles to meet America’s demand for bottled water uses more than 17 million barrels of oil annually, enough to fuel 1.3 million cars for a year1. And that’s not even including the oil used for transportation.
- The energy we waste using bottled water would be enough to power 190,000 homes2.
- Last year, the average American used 167 disposable water bottles, but only recycled 38.3
- Americans used about 50 billion plastic water bottles last year. However, the U.S.’s recycling rate for plastic is only 23 percent, which means 38 billion water bottles – more than $1 billion worth of plastic – are wasted each year3.
- The recommended eight glasses of water a day, at U.S. tap rates equals about $.49 per year; that same amount of bottled water is about $1,400.
- Antimony, which is found in PET plastic bottles, in small doses can cause dizziness and depression; in larger doses it can cause nausea, vomiting and death.8
Read more here at the Ban The Bottle website: https://www.banthebottle.net/bottled-water-facts/
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