Save $1400 per year while drinking cleaner, safer water and helping the environment Alert: Plastic bottled water is expensive and bad for the environment!

Ladies and gentlemen, BOTTLED WATER COSTS FOUR TIMES THE PRICE OF GASOLINE. This is an appropriate fact as the plastic that the water bottles are made out of is a petroleum product. 17 million barrels of oil per year are used in the production of plastic water bottles.

About a quarter of all bottled water, including Auqafina (owned by Pepsi) and Dansani (Owned by Coke), is drawn from municipal sources. Basically it’s glorified tap water. However that may be safer as the purity of municipal tap water is often more stringently tested than that of bottled water. Some studies have shown bottled waters to contain high levels of chemical contamination.

Scientists also have speculated that if plastic bottled water is stored in a hot environment, such as a car, that toxic chemicals may leach into the water—YUK.

According to the Container Recycling Institute, 86% of plastic bottles are not recycled, and they take up to one thousand years to biodegrade!
So, to sum up, drinking bottled water is uber expensive, bad for the environment, and potentially more dangerous (in terms contaminates) than tap water.

The answer is clear = stop drinking bottled water and instead buy a high-quality water filter and a couple of stainless steel water bottles. You can save $1400 per year, help the environment, and lessen our dependence on foreign oil.