Which one do you think is cheaper? Bottled water or tap water
Tap water
100
How many animals were recently found dead on Hawaiian island full of bottle caps?
There was an albatross that were recently found dead on a Hawaiian island. They had a stomach full of 119 bottle caps.
100
How does bottled water effefct the wildlife?
-Animals accidently eats the plastic and dies
-harmful substances enter the tree and stops its growth
-bottles become acids and infect the fishes
100
There was a taste test between tap water and bottled water. Which one do you think won?
Tap water
100
What percentage of bottles is recycled?
around 23 percent
200
When and how did bottled water start?
mid-1980s by a company named Jackson’s spa
200
What is the bottled water mixed with to purify it? Does it completely purify it?
-BPA and no
200
Where do all bottles end up at? (excluding wildlife problems)
Landfills and middle of the ocean
200
Which kind of water comes from a "better source"?
Neither, they both come from pretty much the same place
200
How many bottles are not recycled each year?
38 billion
300
Has the price of the bottled water increase from before?
yes
300
How many people around the world can't drink fresh water because bottled water polluted all their water?
780 million people around the world
300
How much oil is used to make the bottle?
About a quarter full of the actual bottle
300
What do you think gets inspected more? Bottled water or tap water?
Tap
300
What part of the bottle is not recyclable?
The bottle cap
400
How many times is the bottled water expensive than the tap water?
more than 600 times
400
How long does it take for a bottled water to decompose?
450-1000 years
400
What do the bottles turn into when they get decomposed?
They turn into slightly toxic acid
400
How many tests are done monthly for bottled and tap water?
bottled-four tap-hundreds.
500
What is the percentage of the actual cost of bottled water?
90% of the cost of bottled water is due to other things than the water itself, such as the packaging, shipping, and marketing.
500
How is bottled water a global issue? Explain at least 2
-Animals (birds, fish etc) are eating the plastic and dieing
-Bottled water is polluting the ocean with toxins
-People are wasting money
-Bottled water isnt 100% healthy
500
How many plastic bottles do we throw away each year?