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 …show more content…
Landfills are consumed by two million tons of water bottles alone. (Bottled Water Is Wasteful). PET plastic water bottles are making up about 3.3 percent of landfills. Each individual water bottle then takes approximately one thousand years to decompose, and produce toxic fumes if incinerated. The water bottle industry requires 17 million barrels of crude oil to produce enough bottles to meet the demand of the people in the U.S. (Bottled Water vs). This would be enough oil to fuel about one million three hundred thousand cars for a year. Meanwhile, in a year the average American consumed 167 disposable water bottles, while only recycling 38 (Royte).The bottle water industry is cluttering the environment. Drinking tap water from a reusable glass is a more environmentally friendly