Banning Bottled Water

“Since 2000, approximately 73% of the growth in bottled water consumption has come from people switching from carbonated soft drinks. That’s the equivalent of avoiding an additional 280 calories per person, per week” (International Bottled Water Association). Nearly everyone drinks bottled water at school, so if it gets banned, then less people will drink water. Some people aren’t comfortable drinking out of the school fountains, so if they forget their water bottle, then they will be left without water for the rest of the school day. Bottled water should not be banned at school because it eliminates drinks with sugar, it's convenient, and it can be recycled. First of all, if bottled water doesn’t get banned it can eliminates drinks with sugar. Bottled water is a healthy alternative to other bottled drinks like soda or energy drinks. “For those who want to eliminate or moderate calories, sugar, caffeine, artificial flavors or colors, and other ingredients from their diet, choosing bottled water is the right choice” (IBWA). Bottled water can help …show more content…
Since the main argument is that bottled water doesn’t get recycled instead of banning bottled water because it doesn’t get recycled just make it easier for people to recycle their water bottles. “ ‘Only about 14 percent of single-serving plastic water bottles are recycled… Therefore, about 86 percent of the water bottles sold are wasted… ’ “ (Hennessy). Even if water bottles get banned it doesn’t stop people from not recycling other bottled drinks. Also, if the people who want bottled water to be banned don’t like that it’s not being recycled they have to just work harder to get people to recycle it. If they make it easier to recycle, then more people will make an effort to recycle. It is possible that if bottled water doesn’t get banned, then people can try harder to recycle their water