IN FRATERNAM MEAM: BOTTLES UP!!!

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IN FRATERNAM MEAM

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

BOTTLES UP!!!

Europeans lead the world in drinking bottled water, but they've got plenty of company. People are switching to water from other drinks, helping pump up global demand from 28 to 47 billion gallons between 2000 and 2006. But a lack of public recycling bins that many single-serve empties get trashed. By one estimate, U.S. drinkers toss 60 million plastic water bottles a day. If the environmental costs -- such as the greenhouse gasses released to make and ship so many bottles - don't change habits, think of the bottom line. Sixteen ounces of bottle water can cost more than a dollar; from the tap it's less than a penny.

WHO DRINKS THE MOST BOTTLED WATER

Top ten markets, by liters per person in 2006

203 Italy

197 United Arab Emirates

191 Mexico

149 France

145Belgium/Luxembourg

129 Germany

126 Spain

117 Lebanon

110 Switzerland

104 United States

(Source: NATGEO by: Alan Mairson)

posted by infraternam meam @ 1:15 PM

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