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Bottled Water, Energy Consumption, and Global Warming

Posted by: Maven on August 5, 2007 at 6:32 am

From the Pacific Institute:

The growing consumption of bottled water raises questions about the product’s economic and environmental costs. Among the most significant concerns are the resources required to produce the plastic bottles and to deliver filled bottles to consumers, including both energy and water.

The Pacific Institute estimates that in 2006:

* Producing the bottles for American consumption required more than 17 million barrels of oil, not including the energy for transportation
* Bottling water produced more than 2.5 million tons of carbon dioxide
* It took 3 liters of water to produce 1 liter of bottled water

To read the rest of the article from the Pacific Institute, click here.

August 5, 2007 · Filed Under Drinking Water & Bottled Water

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