The True Cost of Bottled Water
Submitted by willow on Wed, 2007-02-07 07:00.
Thermos, anyone?
TreeHugger reports a revised and staggering study on the true cost of producing and transporting bottled water as calculated by Sustainability Engineer and MBA Pablo Päster at Triple Pundit.
The manufacture and transport of of bringing a litre of Fiji Water to America uses nearly seven times as much water used to make it than you actually drink. As well, one kilogram bottle of Fiji water consumed 26.88 kilograms of water (7.1 gallons) .849 Kilograms of fossil fuel (one litre or .26 gal) and emitted 562 grams of Greenhouse Gases (1.2 pounds).
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