A rather biased, yet scientifically accurate look at the wonderful world of
An opinion by
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Buying bottled water is the same as buying
!o"#e$ &irWatch the video: h-ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3oAv0BjtN4
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WATCH THE
VIDEO!
“Bottled water is the most
environmentally responsible
consumer product in the world.”
(They had to remove this advert)
Ne%!(é %)*+:
“… most water bottles... are recycled.”
h-p://www.markeCngmag.ca/news/marketer-‐news/nestl-‐called-‐out-‐over-‐bo-led-‐water-‐ads-‐18706
MORE INFO!
In America, the UK and even in South Africa the quality controls on tap water are far more stringent than those on bottled water, which are almost non-existent.
Tap water is .u(' /0 (&-e as bottled water…
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Is tested for ecoli
VS
Required to provide source
Required to provide quality reports
Can still be distributed whenstandards not met
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✔ h-p://eatdrinkbe-er.com/2011/09/29/the-‐dirty-‐truth-‐about-‐bo-led-‐water/✖
LINK HERE!
• Nearly one in five tested waters contained more bacteria than allowed under microbiological-purity "guidelines”
• Four waters violated the federal bottled water
standards for excessive fluoride and coliform bacteria
• In eight cases arsenic was found at a level of potential health concern
A 1e2e+' NRDC ('*$3 o+ !o"#e$ %&'er -o*+$ ')&'…
LINK HERE!
These guys (among others) had
to 2)&+4e ')eir #&!e##,+4 to avoid further legal action
LINK HERE!
In a blind taste test, tap water
2o+(i('e+'#3 comes out as the best tasCng.Weird, huh?
h-p://www.banthebo-le.net/arCcles/studies-‐show-‐tap-‐water-‐preferred-‐over-‐bo-led-‐water/
FULL TEST HERE!
$0.30
$290
A,o-! 1, 500% more…
$330$10
+ $190 – $570 set up cost
Per 1 000 Litre
Spring water
Mineral water
Demineralised water
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In America alone, 5 million plastic bottles
are used, and discarded, every hour(This image is a portion of that amount)
Art by h-p://www.bu.edu/sustainability/chris-‐jordan-‐photography/ MORE CHRIS
JORDAN ART!
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Only 1 out of 6 bottles get recycled,which means 5 out of 6 end up in landfills…
Probably in India…
For the next 1000 years or so…
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Creating plastic for the water industry results in
2.5 million tons of Carbon Dioxide emissions annually.
That’s almost 1/10th of all
the CO2 produced every year
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The amount of oil needed to produce one bo-le
of water? Fill a quarter of that bottle with oil – that’s how much.
The amount of water required? Three times the amount you’ll drink from it.
Oil needed to make one wee water bottle
In fact, the oil used to produce
those cheap, one-time-use
plastic bottles for your water
For a year.
V2oom…
could fuel a million cars.
S&+ 78&+2i(2o i0 m&6,+4 ')e 2)&+4eSan Francisco’s Board of Supervisors are ready to enact one of the strictest bans on water in the naCon. Recently, the proposal became law, and plasCc water bo-les smaller than 21 ounces will no longer be allowed on city property starCng Oct. 1, 2014.
h-p://inhabitat.com/its-‐official-‐san-‐francisco-‐bans-‐bo-led-‐water-‐on-‐city-‐property/LINK
HERE!
To the bottled water industry’sprivatisation-for-profit of themost basic human necessity
(Ok, not all of it, but a fairly big chunk. And that chunk could be put to better use)
W)ere $o 3o* (*ppo(e &## ')&' %&'er i0 4o,+4?
• Save money!
• Save the planet!
• Save the lives of small African children! (kidding – sort of)
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2. 6*&+ o-! more. Ge! mo!*7)!e+!These links are awesome:
The Story of Stuff: Bottled Water
Breaking the Set takes on Nestlé (including their response)
‘Bottled Life’ documentary trailer
Charitywater.org on the water crisis
h-ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCHhwxvQqxg
3. See "0)! !0e%e 1-/' 0)7e !o %)/
We drink our water from a tap, so someone else has a tap for their water
@taptapwater Facebook.com/taptapwater
www.taptapwater.org
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