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the [...] problem plastic bottles generate” (3). In “Mayors Push,” Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Patrick McCrory and Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Mayor Don Robart say that the bottled water industry has tried to limit the plastic used for water bottles. The bottled water industry's believe that it’s not their fault that people just throw their plastic bottles on the ground. The industry would like the cities’ and towns’ to teach their citizens the proper way of disposing plastic bottles, and not just throwing…

“This is by far the worst water quality we’ve ever seen in our sailing careers,” said Ivan Bulaja, a coach for an Austrian team training at Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, where the 2016 Olympics will be held. The waters are polluted with sewage, dead fish, and trash, posing a serious threat to athletes training or competing there. Kristina Mena, a professor of public health, is an expert in water quality, and conducted a risk test for athletes competing in the waters Rio, assuming they would…

One Perception Check Later A light rain comes to a stop as I walk up the slick driveway of my friend Aaron’s house. I push on the white, waterlogged, wooden fence gate to the backyard and stand just thirty feet from the open garage door. The backyard consists of two halves: the concrete path with a hutch housing rabbits and a grass yard with a brown, stone fire pit. A constant air of music plays from the wind chimes that hang from a vine-covered terrace separating the two areas. We take the…

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. While most people living in the…

plastic water bottles for many different reasons. Some reasons are for health environment and more, but is the ban worth it? I believe that states should start banning plastic water bottles. My fisrt reason I think we should ban plastic water bottles,even though people are recycling, it isn’t enough for how much plastic water bottles we buy, The author, Katy Steinmetz wrote, “""[The bottles] are not being thrown away … They are being recycled." While that's not true of all bottles in the Bay…

the one bottle of water that you drank today was probably not tested. On the other hand tap water is tested 2-3 times a day. Bottled water is worse than tap water because it's bad for the environment, costs more, and is unsafe to drink. 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…

The water is packaged in plastic bottles that are easy to carry. Moreover, people can buy water in many locations. The manufacture and disposal of such bottles have negative effects on the environment. Most of them are not recycled and they end up on landfills. This has taken up much space, since people drink a lot of bottled water. In addition…

anymore that don't have bottled water. If you walk into the nearest gas station or any store near your house you will see that bottled water is a staple at that establishment. In fact most gas stations have a whole section just dedicated to the water bottle. There are many different kinds and many different brands of bottled water on their…

of plastic water bottles! Why get rid of plastic water bottles? Well, because first of all, it is horrible for the environment, and because it is a big scam. We might as well buy electricity in a can for a lot more money. Because that is what plastic water bottles are doing. Trashing the environment First of all it is horrible for the environment. According to “The Story of Bottled Water” it says, in one year just in the U.S we use enough oil and gas to make plastic water bottles to fill up…

the amount of plastic in bottled water, it doesn’t distinguish them as “environmentally friendly. In Johnson’s article, it later suggests that “just because plastic is recyclable doesn’t indicate that plastic is often recycled. 8 out of 10 water bottles are not recycled, and that they end up in landfills, emitting dangerous pollutants that harm our environment.” Although the efforts of bottled water companies give some credibility to the counterargument of bottled water proponents, the…