I picked up a bottled water after work. Although I usually bring my own, if I were to do this on a regular basis it’s environmental impact would be notable.
Check out this video for Smart Water promoted by Jennifer Anniston: Bottled water seems to also be a fashion statement.
A plastic bottle goes through several steps from it’s creation to it’s demise – manufacturing the package, water sourcing, shipping, retail, sale and finally discarding. There are severe allegations in every one of these steps.
Globally, bottled water involves almost 3 million tons of plastic packaging every year. People are becoming increasingly concerned about the price our environment will pay, in regards to the waste and from exhaustion of oil, gas and coal supply used in the making of the bottles. The raw material cost will continue to echo its role as an unrefined oil spin-off product.
The NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change predicts that to produce just a one one-litter bottle they need approximately 200 milliliters of oil! Billions of bottles are made every year.
