Over two billion litres of bottled water are sold in the UK every year, but only one in five plastic bottles is recycled. Millions of barrels of oil are used to manufacture plastic bottles and transport mineral water across the globe, producing massive carbon emissions.
We should have clean, filtered water dispensers out in the streets that people can use to fill up their own water bottles and flasks and do away with the need for bottled water. They have water fountains in schools, why not bring them to the streets?
In some parts of the world people have no access to water on tap, can you imagine their reaction at us turning our noses up at tap water and paying for bottled water, which is no healthier?
Bottled water is a waste of money, resources and the environment, and we should all know better and turn to the tap.
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