Green Options » enviornmental impact http://greenoptions.com/tag/enviornmental-impact Posts tagged 'enviornmental impact' Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:53:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en It’s Hip to Drink Tap: 7 Reasons to Give up the One-Time Use Bottle http://sustainablog.org/2008/10/17/its-hip-to-drink-tap-reasons-to-give-up-the-one-time-use-bottle/ http://sustainablog.org/2008/10/17/its-hip-to-drink-tap-reasons-to-give-up-the-one-time-use-bottle/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:53:26 +0000 Robin Shreeves http://sustainablog.org/2008/10/17/its-hip-to-drink-tap-reasons-to-give-up-the-one-time-use-bottle/ I try not to eco-judge people. But recently, I’ve been silently judging people at the grocery store with cases of water at the bottom of their cart. And there are a few friends of mine who I’ve thought about lecturing, but I don’t because I know there is no better way to turn someone off than to lecture.

Still, if one of my friends asked me about my views on bottled water, I’d be happy to tell them they should stop buying them. Here’s why.

  1. Bottled water costs a ridiculous amount of money. According to Food & Water Watch,  the national average cost for a gallon of tap water in the U.S. is .002 cents. The national average cost for a gallon of bottled water is anywhere from .89 cents to $8.26 per gallon.
    Even at it’s least expensive, bottled water is 224% more expensive than tap. I can’t think of a single other item the average American would pay 224% more for when it was unnecessary, can you?

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