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is cheaper than bottled water, plus reduces the use of plastic. Also, tap water is tested more thoroughly than bottled water by the FDA. Another key note is that there is proof that bottled water can damage our health, from the way…

another factor, compared to the price of gas today it costs more for a liter of bottled water than the same amount of gas. Tap water also creates a much more dependable source of water. With the use of tap water also takes away from the 81.7% of plastic bottles found in the landfill each year. Water itself seems harmless, but what is really in it? In all honesty, there is no real similarity between tap water and bottled water. About 25% of bottled water comes from a public supply. This water…

drinking bottled water might seem healthier, studies have shown that the U.S. FDA regulations allow some contamination of fecal material and E. Coli in the water bottles (Filters). Plastic water bottles are easy to carry around and easy to store so many athletes choose water bottles over tap water. They also depend on the water bottles to give them the hydration they need to keep active. Sports such as basketball, soccer, and even football require rigorous exercise. Athletes need time to hydrate…

Council, people in United State spend from two-hundred to over a million times more per gallon of bottled water than the tap water. With the increasing numbers of bottled water used, which is also a meaning of the resources we used to produce those bottles are increasing. The companies are misleading the public, implying their bottled water comes from pure sources which most of it are not. The marketing used a big picture of a mountain label and put it on the bottled water. Creating an illusion…

of water to produce a plastic bottle than to fill it, according to Hana Elisbury who wrote the article “10 Startling Facts About Bottled Water”. There are two ways to create plastic bottles; extrusion and injection. Billions of plastic bottles are used everyday, yet we rarely put much thought into how they are made. The process of making plastic bottles can be divided into three major steps. Assembling the material is the initial necessary step to creating plastic bottles. Collecting materials…

One of the most popular ways of consuming water today is through plastic water bottles. Although they are easy to grab when walking out of the house and convenient, they cause a major problem for the environment because they pollute. Last year alone, the average American used 167 disposable water bottles and only recycled 38. With this ratio, we are wasting more than $1 billion worth of plastic by throwing out these water bottles. Considering these facts, it seems that we need to come up with a…

The definition of bottled water is “drinking water, often spring water, sometimes carbonated, sealed in bottles and usually certified as pure” (dictionary.com) According to the same website, www.dictionary.com, the definition of tap water is “water, obtained directly from a faucet or tap, that has not been purified, distilled, or otherwise treated”. The history of bottled water is important because it tells when and where it was founded. There are multiple differences between tap water and…

opinion, tap water should be a more favored choice because it can be purified and put into non plastic bottles. In various parts of the passage “Goodbye, Bottled Water?” it explains how plastic water bottles take years to biodegrade, leaking toxic additives into the ground water. My main reason for being against bottled water is because it hurts our environment. It takes 1,000 years for 1 billion plastic bottles to biodegrade in landfills, leaking toxins,such as phthalates, into the ground…

In society today, many people believe that bottled water is healthier for you than tap water. Even though the water is purified before it is bottled and shipped all over the nation, does this make the water in the bottle cleaner than the water that comes from the tap? The purification of bottled water often sounds healthier because it is said to take out the dangerous chemicals that can be found in tap water. However, when tested some cannot tell the difference between tap water and the purified…

main useful ideas on how to limit the use and waste of plastic water bottles and they are: reusing the bottles at home, recycling with a reputable recycler, and using refillable bottles when able. Using old material at home to create new goods has become a growing part of the US society mainly because of sites like Pinterest that show creative ways to reuse things that would normally be thrown away. This is the same even with plastic bottles, such as making them into lamps, storage devices, car…