What's the big
deal?
- Millions of bottles end up in landfills each year in the GTA alone.
- Recycled plastic rarely goes back to making bottles because it is cheaper to use crude oil.
- The life-cycle of a plastic bottle is thought to be the same as drinking 1/4 bottle of oil; between manufacture, shipping, and refrigeration.
- Dasani water is from Brampton and Nestle water is from Guelph.
- PET plastic has known health risks, especially when water sits in the bottles for a long time and gets heated.
- The privatization of water has turned into a 100-billion dollar industry.
- Private water companies are making it so only the rich can afford water.
- Want to learn more? Check out Inside the Bottle.
107 people gave an signed oath to give up bottled water, encourage others to do the same, and to demand better worldwide access to safe, affordable drinking water at Humber and GH in 08-09.
