Bottled Water WHY?

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1 Bottled Water WHY?

2 What s this?

3 A closer look

4 Even Closer

5 Introduction Today we are looking at Bottled Water. That is the water you buy in the shops that comes in plastic bottles. Today the world consumes 200 BILLION litres of bottled water annually. Did you know that to count to 1 million would take you 11 days. So imagine how long it would take to count to 200,000,000,000 More than a billion people around the world do not have access to safe drinking water. In most countries that have bottled drinking water for sale, they have the luxury of quality tap water. So why do we drink bottled water?

6 Global Corporations In the 1970 s, the large soft drink manufacturers saw that their sales of soft drink were not growing as much as they liked. After all we can only drink so much soft drink. So they started bottling water and went on a campaign to scare people into drinking bottled water rather than water from the tap. They stated that water from the tap was not good for you and that the water they had was pure and fresh, straight from a natural spring or from the mountains. People started taking note and the Bottled Water industry started to grow.

7 The Statistics Producing and delivering a litre (34oz) of bottled water can emit hundreds of times more greenhouse gases than a litre of tap water. The world recycles only 30% of PET plastic drink bottles. Assuming the 200 billion litres (34oz) of bottled water produced in is in one litre (34oz) bottles, according to these figures, 140 billion of those bottles will end up as waste. That s 140,000,000,000

8 To produce a 600ml (20oz) bottle of water it actually takes 1,800ml (60oz) of water. The additional water is because of waste and manufacturing of the bottle. So in effect, in times when we are on water restrictions, drinking bottled water is not actually helping our water levels. But it comes from natural springs and mountains I hear you say. Did you know that 40% of the world s bottled water is actually filtered water from a tap!

9 In fact whilst water from a tap has to adhere to strict Government standards for clean water, 0% of the worlds bottled water has to adhere to the same standard. So is bottled water actually better for us or are we best to drink out of the tap? That comes down to where you live and what bottled water you drink but in the majority of places drinking water out of your tap is perfectly safe. If you are worried, you can buy a filter for your tap.

10 Greenhouse Gases If you take into account the production, transport, refrigeration and recycling, the world s annual use of bottled water generates more than 20.5 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions. This is the same amount that 4.5 million cars generate over the course of a year. Increase in Greenhouse gases means our earth warms up as heat is retained in the earth s atmosphere. So drinking bottled water increases global warming issues. For instance if the oceans get too hot, our corals will die because of coral bleaching.

11 BPA s There are other dangers with water that comes in plastic. These are known as BPA s (Bisphenol_A). These are toxic chemicals in plastic that can be absorbed into the drinking water or your lunch if you have a plastic lunch box. These toxins break down your immune system slowly and you can get sick from it. It can also cause cancerous cells in your body as well as many other diseases. Have you ever tasted water from a bottle that has been left in the sun. It tastes really bad and it isn t good for you so be careful, you could be drinking BPA s.

12 The cost $1.50 per litre $6 per gallon $2.30 per litre $9.20 per gallon $0.02 per litre $0.08 per gallon $4.00 per litre $16 per gallon

13 So what can I do? It s really easy to make a difference on this one and you can start right now.

14 Use the tap?

15 Buy a bottle?

16 You saying no will make a world of difference. Less Greenhouse gases reduces global warming Less Rubbish no plastics in our ocean for animals to eat More money in your pocket to spend on fun things