In the past 10 years, public consumption of bottled water has grown a lot. A decade ago, very few people drank much bottled water. Now, studies estimate that about 200 bottles of water per person are consumed every year. However, all that bottled water is causing a lot of problems. First of all, very few of the bottles are being recycled. About 60 million bottles of water are consumed daily. There just is not enough room for all that garbage. Secondly, bottled water is actually less safe than tap water. Government safety requirements are much stricter for tap water. A large percentage of bottled water comes straight from city water supplies, anyway! And, surprisingly, tap water often beats bottled water in taste tests.
This passage is mostly about
recycling plastic.
tap water.
bottled water.
garbage problems.
