The article “Goodbye, Bottled Water?”, by Gail Hennessey, was written to convince bottled water users to stop purchasing bottled water due to environmental impacts. To begin with, Hennessey pointed out such serious toxic pollution cause by throwaway plastic bottles. According to San Bernardino’s mayor, “ More than 1 billion plastic bottles end up in California's landfills each year.” Then, the plastic bottles will sit there for 1000 years to biodegrade and leaving toxic pollution. Likewise, Hennessey states that the oil needed for producing plastic bottles affect the environment as well.…
In “The Story of Stuff: Bottled Water” by Annie Leonard, we are given facts about bottled of waters compared to tap water. Companies are promoting and selling bottled waters, scaring the buyers by saying that tap water is bad for them, and buyers believe it and prefer bottled water. Water is something that should be free and it has got to the point that it has to be bought. Tests have been made and tap water are healthier than bottled water, companies just care about the money, and all these bottles are just polluting the environment. Leonard states, “It’s time we took back the tap.…
Isabel Johnson’s article “Bottled Water, Go Away” brings up a different perspective to an ongoing debate over the impacts of plastic water bottles on the world. She presents both the pros and cons of bottled water. Her reasons, however, do not provide a strong argument since she does not clearly support a single claim. Nonetheless, the reasoning behind her logic is supported using information obtained from research. Her credibility is built, but at the same time lost, from using these resources because they are not suitable to cite.…
There are many websites about bottled water being bad. According to Christiana Z. Peppard Ph.D. , Water bottles are not sustainable. In one week people throw away about 35 million empty water bottles. If it takes 450 years to biodegrade, one water bottle, and there are 35,000,000 bottles thrown away in a week, just imagine how many years it will take for all of those water bottles to stack up to reach the moon. There are too many water bottles in landfills We should have filling…
The Tales Behind Sink Water and Bottled Water Very many people say that sink water is much more healthier than bottled water. I do not agree with them, in this article I’m going to tell you what I think and all of my opinions, Also there’s some stuff I want to tell you and it’s about sink water. In source 2, the article “Bottled Water: The Right Choice” It states many good things about bottled water. One of the biggest things they talk about is that it is very convenient and that means when you’re on the go you just grab a bottle of water right out of the fridge, or when you are at a store and you’re thirsty they sell water bottles!…
Bottled water is bad for the environment. First of all, "it takes over 1,000 years to bio de-grade a water bottle (Bottle Water Is Wasteful). In 1,000 years the water bottle will finally be decomposed. If you drink tap water you can buy a reusable bottle and it's a way to save money & the environment. Lastly you may think recycling helps but you can only recycle PET water bottles all of the other water bottles are discarded.…
My initial thought was that bottled water is an overall better choice than tap water, but after reading all three articles, Tap water doesn't seem as bad as an option I initially thought it was. For one thing, tap water is significantly cheaper than bottled water (up to 1000 times more cheaper). Another obvious reason people seem to forget about is that the bottled water affects the health of our planet. Document 3 states “Bottled water is an increasingly growing business, and with that comes a whole lot of environmental impact that can be avoided by a turn of the faucet, says Jenny Powers of the NRDC. While we struggle to cut down on our consumption of fossil fuels, bottled water increases them”.…
Also, tap leaves a better aftertaste in the consumer’s mouth. Tap water is not only the best tasting water, but it is also better on the ozone layer. Imagine the effect of bottles on the environment. Whenever bottles get recycled/melted down, they’re releasing a chemical in the air that is bad for the ozone layer. ‘The State of California Department of Conservation notes that burning plastic bottles releases toxic fumes into the atmosphere.…
Bottled water is actually better for you because it is safer, its easily accessible, and it definitely tastes better. The first reason that most Americans like bottled water is because is a lot safer to drink. People that put in wells for tap water for their houses have experienced the well water be muddy or look like it has a red or orange tint to it because of clay or rust on the pipes. I have personally saw this in my grandparents home.…
Bottled water isn't worth the hype. It is not better than tap water at this point in time and is causing more health issues than tap water. The list of why bottled water is worse than tap water is endless. There are many health issues along with issues to the environment. Poor people looking for water in the world are not gaining any benefits from bottled water.…
In Zhihua Hu's article, "Bottled Water... Quality," James Gleick states, "Eighty-five million bottles of water are consumed in the United States every day and more than thirty billion bottles a year. " Many people do not realize what they are doing to the environment when they dispose of their water bottles. Individuals take advantage of the environment by using bottled water as a convenient resource. Bottled water has not always been available to individuals.…
Bottle water has many negative impacts towards humans such as the chemicals, contaminants, pollution, price. These factors cause the health of humans to decrease based on these actions. Chemicals – Mixed into the water when bottled water is exposed to too much of sunlight. This causes the chemicals within the plastic itself to dissolve within the water. This essentially causes the water is being more toxic which can be harmful towards our body.…
Bottled water is misperceived to be the wiser choice for the average American. The impression that it is the healthier choice. “But no one should think that bottled water is better regulated, better protected, or safer than tap” ~Eric Goldstein (Bottled Water vs Tap Water: Rethink). In one case, water bottle companies purchased water from a…
For decades, we have been tricked into believing that plastic bottled water is a safer and healthier alternative to tap water. Unfortunately, the water bottle industry is hiding something from us, and the truth is frightening. Studies by the Container Recycling Institute found that Americans buy approximately 42.6 billion plastic water bottles each year. Roughly 80 percent of these containers end up in a landfill, and millions wash up on roadways or in nature. Countries around the world are paying an insurmountable price to clean up this swelling crisis.…
Most tap water is more heavily tested and regulated than bottled water (Ellsbury 10, 2012). So why do we prefer it more than, just about free, tap water in our homes? Bottled water is expensive and uses more water to make than what is inside of it. It also uses about seventeen million barrels of oil to manufacture water bottles every year. This is enough oil to fuel one million cars a year (Ellsbury 10, 2012).…