6. Wasted Energy
The manufacture of plastic bottles involves the use of petroleum products, which are also used when the product is moved from the bottling company to a warehouse, and then on to a retail outlet. During a time when we are all paying more for fuel, it seems silly to be wasting it by using it to make plastic bottles for water and move it around the country and the world. The bottle–manufacturing process also creates pollution and waste, which isn’t at all helpful to the environment. Each and every week, some 38,000 trucks are transporting bottled water around the U.S. One wonders how much pollution that spews into the atmosphere.
