Bottles, bottles, everywhere!? It%26#039;s ironic. In many parts of the world, there is no clean drinking water. Here in the U.S., pure, drinkable water flows out of every tap, and yet Americans buy a staggering amount of bottled water. We pay big bucks for it, too — more than $15 billion a year. Worse of all, the bottles are overflowing our landfills and contributing to global warming.

Recycling would help, but we don’t usually do it. Less than 20 percent of the 28 billion single-serving water bottles that Americans buy each year are recycled. Some estimates are as low as 12 percent.

Did you know Fiji Water produces more than a million bottles of water a day, while more than half the people in Fiji do not have reliable drinking water. Adding to the irony, Fiji itself uses almost no bottled water, according to a Pacific Institute report. They just export it.

There is so many more details on this topic....

What do you think of this situation?

Additional Details

4 months ago

http://green.yahoo.com/blog/climate411/9...
snap

You know, a lot of people recycle those bottles. I believe it%26#039;s the inconsiderate pricks who throw plastic in the trash that you have to blame. I buy bottled water because my water has too much chlorine in it in the tap, and it irritates my digestive tract. I have a huge container in the fridge and I buy water by the gallon from the grocery store. I reuse those bottles, but when I%26#039;m out and want a drink, I buy a bottle of water, but I recycle.

It%26#039;ll be these same inconsiderates that won%26#039;t throw the mercury laden light bulbs away properly, watch how much mercury will end up in our ground water after that. All in the name of Al Gore.