Each year, Americans dispose of 38 billion water bottles ($1 billion dollars
worth of plastic) in landfills. Just last year, Americans went through about 50
billion plastic water bottles, which translates to 167 per person and at a cost of
$15 billion. That’s more than Americans spent on ipods or movie tickets
(Fishman). Water bottles are made of recyclable polyethylene terephthalate
(PET) plastic, yet the national recycling rate for PET is only 14.5%. We all
share the responsibility for their impact, so why not purchase a reusable water
bottle in place of single use water bottles? It could be used at work, at the gym,
and also at home.
• The Container Recycling Institute calculates that if we went on a national
campaign to increase beverage container recycling to 80%, the savings in
greenhouse gas production would be the equivalent to taking 2.4 million
cars off the road for a year.
• The Institute also says that if the recycling content of plastic bottles was
25% of the recycling effort, it would save enough crude oil to electrify
680,000 American homes for a year.
• Beverage bottles and cans are not only a large portion of packaging, but are
also some of the most easily recycled and most economically valuable materials
in the waste stream.
Taste, of course, is highly personal. Americans love to belittle the quality of
their tap water. But in blind taste tests, with waters at equal temperatures, presented
in identical glasses, ordinary people can rarely distinguish between tap
water, spring water, and luxury waters. At the height of a very famous water
manufacture's popularity, its co-owner was asked on a live network radio show
one morning to pick his brand from a lineup of seven carbonated waters served
in paper cups. It took him five tries (Fishman).
Most of the common brands of bottled water are simply tap water that is put
through an energy-intensive reverse-osmosis filtration process. The perfectly
clean tap water is (A) re-cleaned, (B) bottled so that the taste is the same regardless
of whether it’s sold in Texas or California, and (C) highly marketed on its
purity.
Packing bottled water in lunch boxes, grabbing a half-liter from the fridge as we
dash out the door, and accumulating half-finished bottles in your car’s cup holders,
In the first article "The Curse of Water Bottles" the author is obviously trying to convince people to stop wasting bottles and recycle. For example "There are solutions like using your own personal water bottle and refilling it" and that would save from buying water bottles, and reduce some of the waste. It also states "Some cities are fining homeowners and businesses for not recycling" so that means even cities are trying to get people to stop wasting water bottles. Companies and/or states have tried putting rewards on the bottles if you return them, as stated "Some states have tried to put a nickel return fee on water bottles like those on soda and other beverages" but it still doesn't work out for everyone, because "grocery
Plastic water bottles are very convenient, but are also a big scam. It is very important for people to stay hydrated. Water bottles allow people to stay hydrated while they are out of the house. People don't want to become tired from being dehydrated, so they bring water with them. Water bottles are very popular, even though most of them are just tap water. The three texts I read, all show advantages and disadvantages of plastic water bottles. Each article also uses all three persuasive appeals, ethos, pathos and logos.
As the bottled water becomes more popular, people prefer to drink bottle water over tap water. According to them, it has a better quality and taste. Unfortunately, people are being fooled by the water industries. The “purified” water, as its label, comes from municipal reserves. This research will discuss:
It is very common for research groups to set up a "bottled water taste test". The results are always the same: without a label, there is no obvious difference among any kind of bottled water or even tap water. Yet millions of Americans routinely buy bottled water and re-filter their tap water. The Clean Water Act of 1972 was supposed to ensure all water sources were pure and safe for drinking or swimming. Enforcement simply did not go far enough, and public information on contaminants grew much faster than purification programs did. A series of laws followed the 1972 Act in an attempt to stem the general aversion to tap water, including the 1974 and 1996 Safe Drinking Water Acts (SDWA). These laws are a step in the right direction, but bottled water still maintains an advantage founded not in superior quality but in more effective marketing.
Bottle water is very beneficial because it helps save lives and it keeps you hydrated. When there is a natural disaster or any sort of issue, there is no source of clean water. That’s when bottle water comes to save the day. In the earthquake of Haiti and other severe natural disasters, there wasn’t any clean water to drink, so they had to count on bottled water. In fact, according to IBWA article “Bottled Water Industry provide assistance to Haitian relief efforts,” it stated that, “Throughout the years, bottled water companies have imme...
Around the world, about 245 million tons of plastic is produced yearly. This figure represents a whopping 70 pounds of plastic thrown annually for each of the 7.1 billion people on the planet. The sad news is that of these 245 million tons of plastic per year, around 4.7 million tons of plastic garbage gathers in vast floating oval-shaped ocean garbage patches.
Bottled water is actually very beneficial to society for numerous reasons. Since water is hard to find in certain parts of the world it would be great if those people had access to bottled water. The water is clean and they water that they may is contaminated with many types of toxic wastes. If they had access to bottled water then they would be drinking clean water and it would make them live better and healthier. It would really help out the people who possess little to no water available. Water is very essential for life and having clean bottled water would make the body function well. Without water then humans would not be able to simple tasks because water is what allow the body to just about everything that it is supposed to do to keep us alive. If any natural disaster were to occur finding water would be very difficult so it would be a good thing to bottled water stored away. Anything can happen in a natural disaster so having bottled water would mean that chances for survival would increase. Lastly bottled water is easy to take around and is ready to go. It is also easy to dispose of and it can be recycled. Having access to bottled water is beneficial to society, it helps out in so many ways from little things to big things. Containing access to bottled water can better the health of lives and that is why people give donations to help people who really need some resource to live and that is
Moreover, the energy used in bottle production can supply energy to over 190,000 homes. The resources that can be conserved by ceasing the production of water bottles can solve many global problems faced by a growing population. The cost involved in water bottles is inconceivable to many. Bottled water costs 240 to 100,000 times more than tap water, which can be brought to your house for just pennies per day.
Tap water is cleaner than bottled water. For example, Regular tap water comes from springs and that is where water is exceptionally and perfectly delicious and is purified before it gets to the faucet. According to the article, chemical are able to seep into the plastic of bottled water and can cause a human to get sick from those chemicals , tap water doesn’t get those chemicals and it stays fresh, pure, and delicious to drink. Also, the FDA is an organization that spends their time on making water safe for the people of the globe, they spend 99 percent of their time on tap water which means that tap water is safer for humans to drink. Lastly, if there is worry about tap water being filled with bacteria, there are special filters that people can attach to their faucets to purify the water before it reaches the cup, making comfort guaranteed.
According to the “Competition in the Bottled Water Industry in 2006 Case,” bottled water industry became the one of the world’s most attractive beverage categories, as more and more people began to focus on health and fitness. Consumers start realizing the need of proper hydration, and they began purchasing bottled water instead of drinking tap water, because they were worried about safety of tap water, which tasted like chemicals. Actually, tap water contained chemicals, such as chlorine and fluoride, which are harmful for human body; however, this problem was solved when the bottled water was brought to the market. Due to bottled water’s convenience, purity, and portability, and safety, bottled water industry began to rise rapidly. During
In today’s society it is uncommon to see people walking around without water. Those who carry water with them either have their water in a reusable bottle or have bought bottled water. Bottled water is the more commonly found type of water carried around, reason being that it is easy to just buy a huge pack so that a person can just grab a bottle a go. The problem with bottled water is that more often than not, the bottle does not get recycled, but instead gets thrown into the garbage. The problem with this is that the bottles end up in a landfill. However, in this past year alone American’s used “about 50 billion plastic water bottles” (Ban The Bottle, n.d., Para. 4). Most people do not see the big difference between bottled water and tap
In India, the tradition of serving the packaged drinking water goes back to 1965. There were two prominent categories of bottled water. They were Packaged Natural Mineral water and Packaged Drinking Water. This market of bottled water has emerged as rapidly growing and competitive markets throughout the world. The major target segments for this industry are touring and travelling markets. Apart from it, they also target higher income bracket group in the urban areas. One of the various reasons that lead to the growth of this industry is shortage of pure and safe drinking water in the cities. In industrial countries, consumers prefer bottled water for taste and convenience while in developing countries, unsafe water supply
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Some claim that bottled water simply tastes better than water from the tap, whether they prefer spring, purified, distilled, or mineral water. Most people just appreciate the convenience bottled water offers; it’s easier to carry little bottles that one can throw away instead of larger, reusable bottles that need to be brought home at the end of the day. Also, bottled water comes in big “value packs” in most stores, which is beneficial for large group events and big families. Water bottles are made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics that don’t biodegrade, but are completely recyclable. PETs photo degrade, breaking down into smaller fragments over time.
In addition, according to a survey from the US National Library of Medicines, only 17% of the participants prefer to drink tap water exclusively. Compared to the bottled water which shines like a superstar, tap water is like a diligent worker in the shade, unpopular but useful. The extreme unbalance of bottled water consumption implies that a commonly held concept exists: bottle water is superior to tap water. In fact, scientific evidence proves that tap water is nothing different than bottled water. More importantly, the excessive consumption of bottled water is an irrational use of resources and creates severe environmental issues.