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  • Problems with Bottled Water Coolers

    Having water delivered in bottles by large delivery trucks is wasteful, unnecessary and harmful to our environment. It is also very costly. Ask your bottled water company where the water comes from and they will probably proudly tell you from a spring...

  • Water Bottles in Landfill

    Once the water is consumed, the bottles still pose an environmental risk. Often they are not recycled with about 65% of bottles ending up in landfill....

  • Bottled Water is a Disaster

    "Bottled water is a disaster, for several reasons,"Jeff Angel from the Total Environment Centre says."First there's the issue of the sustainability of underground aquifers, from where much of the bottled water is drawn. And there's the carbon footprint. W...

  • Carbon Dioxide Produced by UK Bottled Water Industry

    The Earth Policy Institute in Washington calculated that the bottled water industry in Britain generated about 30,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year in transport alone – equivalent to the annual energy consumption of 6,000 homes....

  • Transporting Bottled Water

    The Container Recycling Institute estimates that 1.5 million barrels of oil are consumed every year, just to transport bottled water in the United States alone, That's enough oil to fuel 100,000 cars. ...