- We pitch into landfills 38 billion water bottles a year--in excess of $1 billion worth of plastic.
- 24% of the bottled water we buy is tap water repackaged by Coke and Pepsi.
- Worldwide, 1 billion people have no reliable source of drinking water; 3,000 children a day die from diseases caught from tainted water.
- San Pellegrino's 1-liter glass bottles weigh five times what plastic bottles weigh, dramatically adding to freight costs and energy consumption. The bottles are washed and rinsed, with mineral water, before being filled with sparkling Pellegrino--it uses up 2 liters of water to prepare the bottle for the liter we buy. [ouch! i really gotta stop buying this stuff!]
update: how to green your water... lots of tips & plenty of info to help you tackle serious h2o conservation. here's a green guide from treehugger. one tidbit from the EPA: Much of the world gets by on 2.5 gallons of water per day. The average American uses 400 gallons per day, 30% of which is for outdoor uses and half for watering lawns- 7 billion gallons per day. [damn suburbs!] also check out ideal bite for advice on water filters and bottles to tote your l'eau.
2 comments:
Great Article and very informative
We have a Britta filter and numerous Nalgenes to carry our water around town. I didn't know about San Pelligrino! I'll have to add it to my list of guilty pleasures.
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