An average of 150 billion bottles of water are produced worldwide each year and only 1 in 5 makes it to a recycling bin.  

That is a problem.  For years now, bottled water has become more prevalent in the vast majority of Americans' everyday lives. In the U.S., bottled water sales have skyrocketed. But why?  This year, Americans alone will consume an estimated 30 billion single-servings of bottled water. Worldwide, 2.7 million tons of plastic is used to make plastic bottled water each year, and that number is increasing.  Additionally, the total estimated energy needed to make, transport and dispose of one bottle of water is the same as filling that same bottle one-quarter full of oil. Bottled water simply does not make sense:  

• Environmentally, it is harmful.  80% of bottled water ends up not being recycled and, consequently, is dumped into land fills or pollutes nature.

• Economically, it is a drain.  It is common to find Coca Cola's Dasani or Pepsi's Aquafina selling for one dollar for twenty ounces.  Meanwhile, municipal tap water is priced at under one cent per gallon!  

• Logically, it is mind boggling.  An estimated 40% of all bottled water is simply filtered tap water to begin with, not pure H₂0 gathered from a cascading mountain spring as you may think.

Tap water is the way to go:

• It's environmentally friendly!  Tap water has essentially no carbon footprint unlike bottled water.

• It's safe! Over 90% of of water systems meet EPA's standard for water quality.  

• It's affordable!  Bottled water can cost as much as 2,900 times as much as tap water (that shouldn't be a hard habit to break).  

• And it's readily available! Head over to your sink and you'll discover a seemingly endless supply of water at your fingertips!