-Last year,86% of disposable water bottles became trash. The United States used 1.5 million of gallons of crude oil to make new disposable water bottles. Therefore it is overdue to abolish the use of plastic water bottles.
-Plastic bottle water is bad to your health. During the transportation process or if left in the car, under heat, plastic liberates a toxic substance in the water that can cause cancer; it becomes carcinogenic.
- Eastern Pacific Garbage Patch, “a swirling soup of plastic that scientists estimate is twice the size of Texas”!
Hence it is obvious that as consumers, we need to start giving preference to biodegradable material when buying any type of product. Some material such as plastic and Styrofoam take a million years or more to decompose!
Wow, I didn't know that plastic bottled water could cause Cancer. Thank you for this valid information! I really enjoyed reading your blog. It is very enlightening!
ReplyDeleteThank you Giovanna, your opinion is important to make this blog interesting and useful!
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