46 Bottled water's impact is 3,500 times higher than tap water
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AUGUST 6, 2021
Research led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) has found that bottled water's environmental impact is 3,500 times higher than tap water's
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Celebrate World Refill Day With Reusable Bottled Water Alternatives
AGreenLiving
JUNE 16, 2021
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Alternatives to Bottled Water
Eco Friendly Daily
MARCH 16, 2013
Today’s challenge is to cut bottled water out of your routine. The bottled water explosion in recent decades has brought with it an enormous increase in consumer waste. In the first three years of this decade, the planet’s thirsty consumers drank over 500 million litres of bottled water, according to the International Council of Bottled Water Associations. That’s a whole lot of plastic bottles.
What’s Wrong With Bottled Water
AGreenLiving
JANUARY 24, 2020
Fancy reusable bottles have long since replaced brand name bottled … The post What’s Wrong With Bottled Water appeared first on Earth911.com. Go here to read the rest: What’s Wrong With Bottled Water.
Nestlé is draining Pakistan to sell us bottled water
Green (Living) Review
OCTOBER 29, 2013
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Nestlé is draining developing countries to produce its bottled water, destroying countries’ natural resources before forcing its people to buy their own water back. But we still have got time to help before Pakistan''s water supply is completely tapped out – and if we show Nestlé its heartless policies are sparking a global backlash, we can stop it from decimating more of our natural resources.
No more bottled water
Green (Living) Review
APRIL 24, 2012
Ditch the bottled water now by Michael Smith (Veshengro) A typical American family consumes 26 gallons of bottled water a year and not only is that an awful lot of bottles when combined with the population number but also an awful lot of water that is being abstracted from precious sources or, simply, from the mains. As said above, the average American family consumes 26 gallons of bottled water a year. Time to switch from bottled to bottle.
Austrailia Bans Bottled Water
Green Earth Journey
JULY 12, 2009
via Huffington Post SYDNEY — Residents of a rural Australian town hoping to protect the earth and their wallets have voted to ban the sale of bottled water, the first community in the country _ and possibly the world _ to take such a drastic step in the growing backlash against the industry. It's time for people to realize they're being conned by the bottled water industry."
Environmental Implications of Bottled Water
Green (Living) Review
NOVEMBER 6, 2012
Buy, Grab, Drink, Trash: Environmental Implications of Bottled Water by Michael Smith (Veshengro) A plastic bottle is NOT the problem either. It is the water which is, more often than not, from “public” sources, which means it is but tap water in a bottle. Buy, grab, drink, trash; this is the life of one bottle of water after a consumer gets their hands on it. The United States consumes about 50 billion bottles of water each year.
10 Reasons you Should Avoid Bottled Water
Green Living Ideas
APRIL 15, 2013
Bottled water is nothing short of a ecological disaster. And yet so many of us rely on bottled water for our hydration. But here are 10 awesome reasons why you should avoid bottled water. This guy knows that reusable water bottles are totally sexy. Most plastics leech chemicals into our liquids; drinking bottled water everyday increases our chance of chemical exposure. Bottled Water is not cleaner than tap water.
Bottled water’s impact is 3,500 times higher than tap water
AGreenLiving
AUGUST 6, 2021
Research led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) has found that bottled water’s environmental impact is 3,500 times higher than tap water’s. In a study conducted to determine bottled water’s impact in Barcelona, it was established that it is more costly both financially and ecologically when people use bottled water instead of tap water.
US Congress wastes thousands on bottled water
Green (Living) Review
FEBRUARY 27, 2011
Congress wasting thousands of dollars in taxpayers' money on bottled water that harms our environment by Michael Smith (Veshengro) During and after the State of the Union recently, President Obama and Congressional Republicans waxed poetic about the need to cut wasteful spending in Washington. But there is an easy place to start: According to Corporate Accountability International, Congress spent nearly $200,000 on bottled water in just three months last year.
If economics is right, bottled water prices in Columbus are about to go up
Environmental Economics
JUNE 9, 2015
Nitrate levels at a Columbus water treatment facility increased overnight, according to city officials, who said the no-drink advisory for pregnant women and infants younger than 6 months has been continued. In this case, we would expect the demand for bottled water to increase in reaction to the increased nitrate levels in Columbus drinking water. The demand increase should increase the price of bottled water.
Plastic Bottles: Bottled Water and the Environment
Greentumble
JUNE 28, 2018
water bottles are purchased per minute and close to 400 billion plastic water bottles are produced per year. Plastic bottles are seen as a disposable means of buying drinks and are discarded without thought after use. This obsession with disposable plastic bottles is a serious issue that is already causing major human health and environmental problems. How are plastic water bottles made? The real cost of drinking water from plastic bottles.
A More Ethical Bottled Water?
Eco Friendly Daily
SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
No water fountain in sight. But the corner store does have nice cold bottles of water. We all know the problems with bottled water. There is the issue of water quality – bottled water may be equal to, or even worse than, your local tap water. Of course that doesn’t apply if you are somewhere remote and tropical with undrinkable water. Even then, make sure that the bottle cap is sealed before you open it.
Bottled water better than tap?
Green (Living) Review
JULY 13, 2012
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) The myth, and a myth it certainly is, that bottled “spring” water is better than tap water for us to drink is a lie that is being perpetuated by clever marketing. This very marketing has brainwashed an entire generation, almost, into believing that in order to live healthy they have to drink bottled water, at high cost to themselves and the Planet and must not drink tap water. Don't pay again and again for bottles.
Is bottled water unsafe?
Green (Living) Review
DECEMBER 17, 2009
Experts reveal why tap water may be safer than bottled water and urge stricter labeling for bottled water by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Consumers know less about the water they pay dearly for in bottles than about the water that they can drink almost for free – for obviously they pay for it in other ways – from the tap because the two are regulated differently, congressional investigators and nonprofit researchers say in reports.
Bottled water is becoming obsolete
Green Life Smart Life
JANUARY 2, 2010
Bottled water is getting banned. San Francisco’s mayor, Gavin Newsom has stopped the city government from using money to supply municipal workers with bottled water. New York City launched a champagne ad to encourage residents and tourists to stop using bottled water and drink the tap water. New York has been considered one of the best water in the country. Tagged: bottled water, DEHA, gavin newsom, New York City, san francisco, tap water.
Is bottled water really better than tap?
Green (Living) Review
JULY 7, 2013
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Bottled water is not necessarily healthier or safer than tap water. In fact, as some studies have shown, tap water is actually safer and healthier, as it undergoes far more stringent tests than does any so-called mineral water. In addition to that twenty-five percent, and some estimates are as high as fifty percent or even more, of all bottled water is actually repackaged tap water.
#OnlyInDubai can you get the world’s most expensive bottled water
Green Prophet
JULY 8, 2016
Water is an essential commodity , especially in the arid Gulf states where it surpasses oil in liter-to-liter price comparisons. Now a Danish designer has pushed the wet stuff into the luxury goods category, proposing to hawk his H2O in crystal water bottles shaped like the tallest tower in the world, Dubai’s Burj Khalifa. He told the Khaleej Times, “I was sitting in a restaurant wondering why we’re drinking Voss water, Evian water.
The Future of Bottled Water
Eco Friendly Daily
AUGUST 17, 2013
Depending how you view it, the bottled water industry is either an environmental disaster or a necessary convenience. Environmental Consequences of Bottled Water. Plastic bottles, of course, are the primary concerns regarding the bottled water industry. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimated that over one million tons of soft drink bottles were generated in 2007. The Need for Bottled Water.
Bottled water and its cost
Green (Living) Review
JUNE 11, 2010
Bottled water and its cost to you and the Planet by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Have you ever considered how much money you are spending on bottled water – I mean that is if you happen to use bottled water regularly – and what impact that has on your finances and on the health of the Planet? This bottled water thingy is a fairly recent phenomenon, but it certainly is something that is having quite a serious ecological impact.
Washington moves to ban "detrimental" bottled water operations
AGreenLiving
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
Washington state, known for mountains, glaciers and rainforests, has an abundance of fresh water. To protect those natural resources , the state senate has passed a bill that will ban any new water bottling permits. Bill SB 6278, “An act relating to water withdrawals for commercial bottled water production; and amending RCW 90.03.290” was approved by the senate on February 17 and is currently progressing through the house. With water being the No.
How Pure Is Bottled Water?
Green (Living) Review
OCTOBER 9, 2009
The image of pure spring water, uncontaminated by chemicals of any kind and much better for us than tap. Is bottled water really that clean? Labels do not mention contamination, and are also not required, so far, to do so and for bottled water the testing standards are way less rigorous than they are for tap water. Do you think the bottled water companies test their water eight to ten times a day for all possible contamination?
Heated Bottled Water Myth or Not?
Green Earth Journey
MAY 31, 2009
There is another email floating around the internet about not drinking bottled water that has been warmed up in the car. Being a person that always has a case of bottled water in the car, I wanted to check this out. To all my environment safety friends, I am making the switch from bottled water to huge sports drink containers. This raises another question, is the miniscule amount per bottle or per case and who is selling beverages in these bottles?
Bottled Water - A Scourge to the World
Green (Living) Review
OCTOBER 14, 2010
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Even though people in the US and Britain, and other places in Europe, have access to clean water from their taps, they drink an average of 200 bottles of water per person each year (in the US). Over 17 million barrels of oil are needed to manufacture those water bottles, 86 percent of which will never be recycled. Fine, but the bottles are not my primary concern. Tags: Blog Action Day 2010 Blog Action Day water
Australian town in 'world-first' bottled water ban
Green Earth Journey
SEPTEMBER 27, 2009
SYDNEY (AFP) – An Australian town pulled all bottled water from its shelves Saturday and replaced it with refillable bottles in what is believed to be a world-first ban. Hundreds of people marched through the picturesque rural town of Bundanoon to mark the first day of its bottled water ban by unveiling a series of new public drinking fountains, said campaign spokesman John Dee.
Tapped, a look at the dangers of bottled water
Green (Living) Review
MARCH 5, 2011
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Oh, yes, I am back at one of my favorite subjects, bottled water, and the environmental impacts of it. That bottle of water you buy to quench thirst, that you chug down, and the empty bottle that you then toss (into the litter bin). Do you realize that bottled water is more expensive than gasoline and is probably just municipal tap water? But it is very difficult to get tap water in restaurants for instance.
Bottled Water Uses Much More Energy Than Tap
Green Earth Journey
MAY 6, 2009
via GizMag.com March 1, 2009 New research from the Pacific Institute estimates that bottled water is up to 2000 times more energy-intensive than tap water. Similarly, bottled water that requires long-distance transport is far more energy-intensive than bottled water produced and distributed locally. Indeed, when all the sums were done, it seems the annual consumption of bottled water in the U.S.
Consumer Reports finds high arsenic level in Whole Foods bottled water
AGreenLiving
JUNE 26, 2020
New Consumer Reports tests determined that some bottled water manufactured by Whole Foods contains potentially dangerous arsenic levels. Starkey Spring Water, which Whole Foods has been selling since 2015, contained at least triple the amount of arsenic as every other brand tested.
Bottled water: A natural resource that is taxing the world's ecosystem
Green (Living) Review
JUNE 27, 2011
By Michael Smith (Veshengro) Bottled water consumption, which has more than doubled globally in the last number of years, is a natural resource that is putting a heavy tax the world's ecosystem. Even in areas where tap water is safe to drink, demand for bottled water is steadily increasing, producing unnecessary garbage and consuming vast quantities of energy, and, as we will see in an upcoming article, the use of plant-based PET bottles is not better either.
Putting Warning Labels on Bottled Water Might Not Be as Crazy as It Sounds
Green (Living) Review
JULY 12, 2015
But if thirsty consumers looking to sip from a plastic bottle of water were confronted with stickers and photos that educated them about the containers’ disastrous effects on the environment, would they change their purchasing habits? Last week he launched a Change.org petition asking the Golden State to “continue its role at the vanguard of the conservation movement by placing graphic warning labels, similar to those now on cigarette packaging, on single-use plastic water bottles.”
Bottled Water: Some people just don't get it
Green (Living) Review
APRIL 20, 2010
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Some people, including “greenies”, just do not seem to get it about bottled water and even advocate and advertise ethical bottled water on their business pages and such like. It is not about the bottle so much, as the, theoretically, can be recycled, and even though they are made of oil and leach chemicals, with a few exceptions which are made of a bioplastic of sorts.
A Healthy, Eco-Friendly Way to Ditch Bottled Water
Green Living Ideas
APRIL 25, 2013
In case you have not yet heard, bottled water is an ecological disaster ! The best way to hydrate your body is with water that has been filtered to eliminate common contaminants in our drinking water: chlorine, atrazine, and more. Unless you live near a mountain stream, this type of water in bottles. This cleans out gunk from your water supply, and helps you save 300 to 2,100 5-gallon plastic water jugs annually.
Evian Re-Introduces Its Bottled Water to Israelis With a New Campaign
Green Prophet
JULY 16, 2011
Bottled water is one of those environmentalists’ pet peeves. The plastic bottles are wasteful, often do not get recycled, and the water itself is often of lesser quality than plain old tap water. Tap water is subject to municipal inspection and regulation whereas bottled water is not – even though it is (falsely) perceived by many to be of higher quality. We introduced a smaller bottle for easier recycling.
A typical family consumes 26 gallons of bottled water a year
Green (Living) Review
JANUARY 28, 2011
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) A typical American family consumes 26 gallons, that is about 100 liters, of bottled water a year. That's a lot of water and a lot of, primarily, plastic containers. How much does that make for the USA as a who and then add to that the rest of the world, especially the developed world where there seem to be the greatest fools that think that they have to have bottled water.
Plastic bottles are NOT green & there is no ethical bottled water
Green (Living) Review
FEBRUARY 4, 2011
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) While the contents of such bottles themselves may not be especially harmful, the process of producing bottled water is not doing the environment any favors. The water in itself is not harmful but the fact that it is being extracted to be put in bottles where, in most cases, the municipal tap water would be as good if not even better, there is a problem, in a way. Therefore, go reusable any time and use tap water only.
The Story of Bottled Water
The Green Changemakers
MAY 22, 2010
Should you be worried about your tap water? The Story of Bottled Water Worried about what’s in your tap? That’s exactly what the water bottling industry hoped when it developed brands like Dasani, Perrier, and Poland Springs, which promise to be “natural,” “pure,” “clean,” even “sexy” alternatives to tap water. They’re selling us a product that is often not any cleaner than tap water, and is a lot pricier. Bottled water is a scam.
INFOGRAPHIC: IS BOTTLED WATER REALLY THAT BAD? YES
Green (Living) Review
AUGUST 15, 2014
This expansive graph by Online Education tells you all you need to know about bottled water , as you scroll from top to bottom. bottled water green living Via Online Education ].
The Story of Bottled Water
The Green Changemakers
MARCH 26, 2010
This is worth watching and spreading the word around. Just 8 minutes. link].
Take back the tap
Green (Living) Review
MARCH 19, 2018
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Take back the tap: Let's put and end to the big business fraud of bottled water Corporations like Nestlé are wasting your money, and not just Nestlé. All bottled water is a scam and to a great extent the water actually comes from the same source that you have in the kitchen, the faucet, the tap. That means that people buying bottled water are paying much, much more than they would for that same water from the tap.
America’s growing love affair with the most wasteful thing to drink there is
Green (Living) Review
SEPTEMBER 2, 2015
Once an occasional indulgence, bottled water is quickly becoming America's drink of choice. The average person in the United States now consumes more than 35 gallons of bottled water per year, according to data from market research firm Beverage Marketing Corp. That's about 270 bottles, and more than twice as many as people drank 15 years ago. And that number is only going to go up: By 2017, the average American is expected to drink almost 300 bottles annually.
Unlock the untapped potential of your faucet
Green (Living) Review
DECEMBER 5, 2017
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Drinking tap water might be the simplest solution to ocean plastic pollution (oh dear, and this even rhymes). The solution to plastic water bottle pollution could be as simple as educating the general masses that (their) tap water is safe to drink. While it is not the case everywhere – the safety of the tap water, that is – and unfortunately also in many places in the US, in most places in the more civilized countries it is the case.
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