“The US Container Recycling Institute estimates that 67 million plastic water bottles are discarded every day. That is enough plastic water bottles to wrap around the planet 149 times each year,” Jockers researched. Plastic water bottles are hazardous to the environment and that is final. Water is water; persuaded people believe that bottled water is healthier and cleaner than regular tap water, yet that may not always be the case. The nutritional value between tap water and bottled water has no extreme change. The main reason people grab a bottle of water over filling up a glass of tap water, most likely, is convenience. It is easier and handier to grab countless bottles of water a person needs and go about that person’s day. However, how
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Word gets passed around and rumors get spread that people should not be drinking tap water. The simplest trick to not drinking tap water is buying bottled water. “The EPA has no regulating standards that are applied to bottled water facilities. Studies reveal that 40% of bottled water is actually regular tap water with possibly no additional filtering treatment,” shared by Dr. Jockers. He proves that not everything is what it seems. Just because a plastic bottle of water claims it is filtered and people assume it is less hazardous, does not make it true. David also …show more content…
People do not know the full story about water bottles as they assume they do. Word gets around about tap water, but the dirt on plastic bottled water still needs to be uncovered and brought to light. They are a threat to the environment and can cause numerous severe problems. Plastic water bottles can cause health problems to consumers from the container itself. There are other ways to make use of, as well as, to dispose of water bottles. After throwing a plastic water bottle in the garbage, all it does it pollute the Earth for hundreds of years and overfill landfills. Plastic water bottles are detrimental to the environment and there are other ways to contain water to drink that is
Word gets passed around and rumors get spread that people should not be drinking tap water. The simplest trick to not drinking tap water is buying bottled water. “The EPA has no regulating standards that are applied to bottled water facilities. Studies reveal that 40% of bottled water is actually regular tap water with possibly no additional filtering treatment,” shared by Dr. Jockers. He proves that not everything is what it seems. Just because a plastic bottle of water claims it is filtered and people assume it is less hazardous, does not make it true. David also …show more content…
People do not know the full story about water bottles as they assume they do. Word gets around about tap water, but the dirt on plastic bottled water still needs to be uncovered and brought to light. They are a threat to the environment and can cause numerous severe problems. Plastic water bottles can cause health problems to consumers from the container itself. There are other ways to make use of, as well as, to dispose of water bottles. After throwing a plastic water bottle in the garbage, all it does it pollute the Earth for hundreds of years and overfill landfills. Plastic water bottles are detrimental to the environment and there are other ways to contain water to drink that is