The evils of [bottled] di-hydrogen monoxide …! April 16, 2008

Next time you’re sipping on that bottle of Valpre water on your desk, think about this: :

1. It takes three litres of water to bottle one litre of water in South Africa, and a litre of mineral water generates 600 times more carbon dioxide than a litre of tap water, not to mention the fossil fuels used in production and shipping!
2. South Africans consumed over 260 million litres of bottled water in 2006!
3. A WWF study found that bottled water costs 500 to 1 000 times more than tap water. The group estimates that 1,5-million tonnes of plastic is used worldwide to bottle 89-billion litres of water a year
4. The Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security estimates that bottling water created 2,5-million tons of carbon dioxide in 2006 in the United States because of the manufacturing of plastic.
5. Three million litres of water is imported into South Africa every year, including high-end brands such as San Benedetto, San Pellegrino and Evian.
6. The turnover of the bottled water industry in South Africa was more than R2-billion in 2006, with sales increasing by about 20% a year. Last year, the South African National Bottled Water Association predicted a 34% increase in turnover.

Of course they don’t mention that much of the tap water we have is over chlorinated, and often smells or tastes funny.   

Read more about the lunacy of bottled water here.