Bottled Water

Worldwide, the general consensus is that bottled water is safer due to the purification process that it undergoes. This means that the water has been cleansed of all of the dirty dangerous toxins that were previously there in able for people to drink it. Would it be wise to say that the benefits of bottled water override the cost? It turns out, that the benefits of bottled water do not outweigh the cost due to environmental, money, and health issues.

First, with bottled water, there are environmental factors that should be considered. For example, a substantial problem is recycling. People do not always recycle their plastic bottles. Most of these unrecycled bottles end up in landfills but the bottles can be used for something else instead (Selby 29). Also, we are using up all of our natural resources and will soon run out of them. Natural gas and petroleum are used to create most plastic utensils that we use in everyday life ("Praise" 20). Littering is another problem. When people litter is trashes the Earth with is ruining the planet. Wild animals and even pets can get to the trash that people throw on the ground or the side of the road and eat it. They could choke on the plastic or even die if they eat something that is poisonous to them and choke to death. The money used to pay for saving of the environment is causing prices to rise when there are more alternatives to regular water bottles.

Second, water bottles are expensive to produce and purchase. It takes about 1.5 million barrels of oil to create bottled water for The United States ("Praise" 20). That much oil could be used to fuel about 100,000 cars a year, according to the Earth Policy Institute in Washington ("Praise" 20). Even to buy and drink bottled water is expensive. It is cheaper to drink tap water than bottled water. It would cost only $178.85 a year per person if everyone would stop drinking bottled water and start drinking from the tap. It cost the people who buy bottled water nearly $1,400 a year to drink bottled water because they have to keep buying bottled water to drink once they have run out ("Praise" 20). Other than tap water being cheaper to drink than water coming from a bottle, it can be less harmful to us too. Even without a filter, most tap water in the United States is still better for the environment and people.

Lastly, there are many health issues with bottled waters. There are diseases that are found in