Bottled Water.

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Bottled Water.
Whats the right choice?
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Misconceptions of Bottled Water

• Millions of dollars are spent on advertising
  campaigns to give consumers the perception that
  bottled water comes from pristine mountain
  springs or magical underground aquifers, assuring
  purity and quality.
• The fact is that bottled water is oftentimes
  only a little more than just tap water in a
  bottle... sometimes worse! (Bottledwaterblues.com)
  
• There are no regulations or requirements
  that bottled water must be any higher in quality
  than tap water.

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So whats the big deal?
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What you may not know

• Plastic bottles can take up to 1000 years before
  they even begin to compose
• 90 of the cost of bottled water is due to the
  bottle itself
• 80 of plastic bottles are not recycled
• 38 million plastic water bottles go to the dump
  per year in America (not including soda)
• The average American consumes 166 plastic bottles
  of water a year

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Lets take a look
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The Problem is GROWING

• In the United States in 2006, bottled water
  consumption reached a record 8.3 billion gallons,
  185 million gallons of which was imported.
• With sales growing by 10 percent each year, far
  faster than any other beverage, bottled water now
  appears to be the drink of choice for many
  Americans

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What does this mean and why should I care?

• It costs more to drink bottled water than to put
  gas in your car --up to five time more--due
  mainly to its packaging and transportation.
  (Earth Policy Institute)
• Making bottles to meet Americans demand for
  bottled water requires burning more than 17
  million barrels of oil annually, enough to fuel
  more than 1 million U.S. cars for a year.
• AND

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Its ruining our environment!

• Over 46,000 pieces of plastic debris float on
  every square mile of ocean.
• Americans use 4 million plastic bottles every
  hour.
• Only 1 bottle out of 4 is recycled.
• Its cluttering our Landfills!

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Our Beautiful Island Paradise
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could soon look like this.
This is an actual picture taken of a landfill on
Kauai.
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Whats next for Hawaii?

• Export 100,000 tons of trash a year to
  Washington.
• With 900,000 residents and close to five times as
  many tourists each year, Oahu is running out of
  landfill space.
• Bids to ship trash to the mainland estimated to
  cost
• 20 million per year

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If everyone in Hawaii used reusable bottles for
just a little while, we could reduce waste
significantly
One day 35, 000 bottles saved One week 250,
000 bottles saved One year 13 million bottles
saved
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• Do you purchase plastic bottled water?
• Do you recycle?
• How long do you think it takes for a plastic
  bottle
• to decompose in a landfill?

Our survey of 100 people was centered on the
following questions
73 out of the 100 people surveyed said that a
bottle would begin to decompose in 1-100 years.
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What you can do.

• Water Bottle Alternatives

Recycle
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BPA (Bisphenol-A)
Bis-fen-ol
Chemical used in shatterproof plastic bottles
that could cause severe health issues such as an
increase in prostate and breast cancer,
uro-genital abnormalities in male babies, decline
in semen quality in men, early onset of puberty
in girls, metabolic disorders including
insulin-resistant diabetes, obesity and
neurobehavioral problems. (EWG Guide to BPA)
So what can we use?
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Aluminum water bottles

• Benefits
• BPA free
• Eco friendly
• Fashionable
• Inexpensive

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Water filters
Faucet type water filters such as PUR and
Instapure,
Pitcher type water filters such as Brita, Black
Decker, and PUR
Under-Sink type water filters such as Quixtar,
Culligna, Brita, and Aquasana,
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If every home in America recycled just 1 out of
every 10 bottles, we could save 200 million
pounds of plastic from entering landfills a year.

• 11 states, including Hawaii, have established
  bottle deposit laws to motivate more people to
  recycle bottles and cans.
• In Hawaii, you are charged a five cent deposit
  per bottle/can purchased.

• deposit amounts per case
• 14.40
• 1.20

• When bringing bottles to redemption centers,
  this deposit is fully refunded.
• Not returning your bottles can cost you hundreds
  of dollars in the long run.
• Curbside pick-up programs have made recycling
  easier for us all.

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Reduce, Reuse,RECYCLE!
Presented by Sean Callahan, Melissa Exstrom,
Cherisse Ito, and Jun Yarbrough Business Writing
209 Mrs. Oliver Group Presentation Spring 2009