10 Shocking Facts

1.)    Only 1 in 5 plastic bottles are recycled

2.)   It takes the equivalent of 17 million barrels of oil just to make the plastic bottles for the bottled water consumption in the U.S.

3.)    Most tap water is more heavily tested and regulated than bottled water

4.)    Plastic water bottles can take between 400 and 1,000 years to decompose

5.)    It requires 3 times the amount of water to produce a plastic bottle than it does to fill it

6.)   Bottled water costs over 1000+ times more than tap water

7.)    Last year, the average American used 167 water bottles, but only recycled 38

8.)   In blind taste tests, consumers often cannot tell the difference between bottled and tap water, or between expensive bottled water and cheaper brands. 

9.)    The NRDC conducted a comprehensive four year scientific study of 1,000 brands of bottled water. The results showed that one third of the bottled waters violated their own industry standards for water quality

10.)  It takes 17  million barrels of oil to produce plastic bottles yearly. This could fuel 1 million cars for a year

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