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Bottled water is one of the biggest industries on the planet. It's also one of the biggest threats to it. Most just don't know the truth of the situation. Here they are! In just a few, short slides.
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A rather biased, yet scientifically accurate look at the wonderful world of
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There are !"o reasons to drink bottled water instead of tap water:
• It’s super convenient!
• It’s another accessory to match your popped collar and wayfarers
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But, here are 10 #e$%o&'why you ()o*#$+’'(And should drink tap water, instead)
Buying bottled water is the same as buying
!o"#e$ &irWatch the video: h-ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3oAv0BjtN4
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WATCH THE
VIDEO!
The bottled water industry is
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“Bottled water is the most
environmentally responsible
consumer product in the world.”
(They had to remove this advert)
Ne%!(é %)*+:
“… most water bottles... are recycled.”
h-p://www.markeCngmag.ca/news/marketer-‐news/nestl-‐called-‐out-‐over-‐bo-led-‐water-‐ads-‐18706
MORE INFO!
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In America, the UK and even in South Africa the quality controls on tap water are far more stringent than those on bottled water, which are almost non-existent.
Tap water is .u(' /0 (&-e as bottled water…
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Is tested for ecoli
VS
Required to provide source
Required to provide quality reports
Can still be distributed whenstandards not met
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✔ h-p://eatdrinkbe-er.com/2011/09/29/the-‐dirty-‐truth-‐about-‐bo-led-‐water/✖
LINK HERE!
• Nearly one in five tested waters contained more bacteria than allowed under microbiological-purity "guidelines”
• Four waters violated the federal bottled water
standards for excessive fluoride and coliform bacteria
• In eight cases arsenic was found at a level of potential health concern
A 1e2e+' NRDC ('*$3 o+ !o"#e$ %&'er -o*+$ ')&'…
LINK HERE!
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(#!&ere) &*p +*&erAlmost half the bottled water produced is actually just
A picture of a mountain doesn’t mean it comes from a mountain…
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These guys (among others) had
to 2)&+4e ')eir #&!e##,+4 to avoid further legal action
LINK HERE!
5&p %&'er&2'*&##3 '/('e0 !e"er(believe it or not)
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In a blind taste test, tap water
2o+(i('e+'#3 comes out as the best tasCng.Weird, huh?
h-p://www.banthebo-le.net/arCcles/studies-‐show-‐tap-‐water-‐preferred-‐over-‐bo-led-‐water/
FULL TEST HERE!
2o('0 & LO5 more than tap water
Bottled water
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$0.30
$290
A,o-! 1, 500% more…
$330$10
+ $190 – $570 set up cost
Per 1 000 Litre
Spring water
Mineral water
Demineralised water
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That’s kinda like paying $70 for a Kit-Kat
P#/(',2 i0 2)o6,+4 ')e p#&+e'(A lot of which comes from the bottled water industry)
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In America alone, 5 million plastic bottles
are used, and discarded, every hour(This image is a portion of that amount)
Art by h-p://www.bu.edu/sustainability/chris-‐jordan-‐photography/ MORE CHRIS
JORDAN ART!
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Only 1 out of 6 bottles get recycled,which means 5 out of 6 end up in landfills…
Probably in India…
For the next 1000 years or so…
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Creating plastic for the water industry results in
2.5 million tons of Carbon Dioxide emissions annually.
That’s almost 1/10th of all
the CO2 produced every year
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The amount of oil needed to produce one bo-le
of water? Fill a quarter of that bottle with oil – that’s how much.
The amount of water required? Three times the amount you’ll drink from it.
Oil needed to make one wee water bottle
In fact, the oil used to produce
those cheap, one-time-use
plastic bottles for your water
For a year.
V2oom…
could fuel a million cars.
WHAT A FUCKING
EXPENSIVEWAS59
S&+ 78&+2i(2o i0 m&6,+4 ')e 2)&+4eSan Francisco’s Board of Supervisors are ready to enact one of the strictest bans on water in the naCon. Recently, the proposal became law, and plasCc water bo-les smaller than 21 ounces will no longer be allowed on city property starCng Oct. 1, 2014.
h-p://inhabitat.com/its-‐official-‐san-‐francisco-‐bans-‐bo-led-‐water-‐on-‐city-‐property/LINK
HERE!
Water is a finite resource, and there
are those who are (literally)
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There are almost a billion people across the
globe without access to clean water;
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Reading at a normal speed, 5 2),#$re+ have died from a water related issue, since you started this
To the bottled water industry’sprivatisation-for-profit of themost basic human necessity
(Ok, not all of it, but a fairly big chunk. And that chunk could be put to better use)
W)ere $o 3o* (*ppo(e &## ')&' %&'er i0 4o,+4?
So, "0)! .)& "e +o ),o-! *!?
1. S!op ,-/*&1 ,o5(e+ ")!er. (It’s that easy)
• Save money!
• Save the planet!
• Save the lives of small African children! (kidding – sort of)
S,mp#3 4e' 3our -re() &+$ 2#e&+ %&'er -rom & '&p
2. 6*&+ o-! more. Ge! mo!*7)!e+!These links are awesome:
The Story of Stuff: Bottled Water
Breaking the Set takes on Nestlé (including their response)
‘Bottled Life’ documentary trailer
Charitywater.org on the water crisis
h-ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCHhwxvQqxg
3. See "0)! !0e%e 1-/' 0)7e !o %)/
We drink our water from a tap, so someone else has a tap for their water
@taptapwater Facebook.com/taptapwater
www.taptapwater.org
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