ONE bottle of water has the same impact on the environment as driving a car 1km [View All]

[The Straight Story]

Bottled water in hot water

ONE bottle of water has the same impact on the environment as driving a car 1km, a study has shown.

The British research, aired on a BBC Panorama documentary, found the production of some bottled water brands generated up to 600 times more CO2 than tap water.

Planet Ark founder John Dee agreed, saying it took two litres of water and 200ml of oil to produce a single litre bottle of water.

"Australians spend more than $500 million a year on bottled water. Our tap water is extremely good quality and it doesn't make sense," Mr Dee said.

He said only 35 per cent of plastic bottles were recycled, the rest ending up as litter or landfill.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23243175-2862,00.html

2nd hand bottled water drinking, your bottled water is affecting me! :)