just how useless is bottled water?

[malejested]

Message In A Bottle

by Charles FishmanThe largest bottled-water factory in North America is located on the outskirts of Hollis, Maine. In the back of the plant stretches the staging area for finished product: 24 million bottles of Poland Spring water. As far as the eye can see, there are double-stacked pallets packed with half-pint bottles, half-

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[sexualpanda]

when you consider the fact that in africa, people walk 4-6 miles a day just to get water to drink and cook with, it makes the idea of sprinkler systems to keep the lawn looking green seem absolutely repulsive. water is such a scarce resource and our plentiful amounts is an illusion. i have heard people predict that wars will be fought over it. water supply and demand is a huge source of contention among some countries.

not to mention the wastefulness of water bottles, which are made out of plastic (produced using oil) and are rarely recycled.