Bottled Water and the Environment

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    1. Thursday, February 5, 2009
    2. Thursday, February 5, 2009
    3. What’s in the bucket? Hint: It’s NOT bottled water! Thursday, February 5, 2009
    4. Thursday, February 5, 2009
    5. = $1.50 = $0.00 for water for water Thursday, February 5, 2009
    6. = $0.01 for water Thursday, February 5, 2009
    7. = $6.00 for water Thursday, February 5, 2009
    8. 2004 total bottled water consumption (liters) 26,000,000,000 18,000,000,000 12,000,000,000 12,000,000,000 China Brazil Mexico United States Thursday, February 5, 2009
    9. Thursday, February 5, 2009
    10. liters means • 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 Thursday, February 5, 2009
    11. Thursday, February 5, 2009
    12. In the US, 86% of recyclable water bottles end up as garbage or litter. So ... Thursday, February 5, 2009
    13. 4 (bottles/wk) * 86% (trash) = 1,500 water bottles that end up as garbage or litter every second! Thursday, February 5, 2009
    14. Thursday, February 5, 2009
    15. But what if ... she replaced 2 of her 4 bottles each week with a reusable container filled with tap water? Thursday, February 5, 2009
    16. What if ... we all did? Thursday, February 5, 2009
    17. if each person in the US replaced 2 of 4 bottles/week with a reusable container filled with tap water ... • 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 Thursday, February 5, 2009
    18. Can we do it? Thursday, February 5, 2009

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