Learn the Facts
Here are just a few reasons why you should be concerned about bottled water waste.
Ditching bottled water helps you ‘go green’ and save green.
Just because it’s bottled doesn’t mean it is higher quality or tastes better.
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- It takes an estimated three litres of water to produce one litre of bottled water.(1)
- Worldwide, an estimated 2.4 million metric tonnes of plastic are used to bottle water each year.(2)
- One Brita® pitcher filter can effectively replace as many as 300 standard (500 mL) bottles. So you can get great-tasting water without so much waste. Talk about refreshing.
Ditching bottled water helps you ‘go green’ and save green.
- A Brita® pitcher system filters 908 litres of water over one year. To put this in perspective, to get the same amount of water from bottled water you would have to purchase 1,816 (500 mL) water bottles a year.
- Despite the cost, most recent stats reveal that 30 percent of all Canadian households primarily drink bottled water.(3)
- Hydration at its best - carry the water you need and reduce your impact on the environment – one reusable FilterForGood bottle can last for decades, making it easy to stop buying single-serve bottled water to fulfill your everyday hydration needs.
Just because it’s bottled doesn’t mean it is higher quality or tastes better.
- Two multinational bottled water producers use municipal water from Vancouver, Mississauga, Brampton and Calgary for their brands.(4)
- If you don't like the taste of your tap water, try Brita. Nine out of 10 American consumers say "Brita clearly tastes better," according to an in-home usage study. They preferred the taste of Brita water - filtered through pitchers - to tap.(5)
- In Canada, the responsibility for ensuring drinking water supplies are safe is shared between the provincial, territorial, federal and municipal governments, with Health Canada taking a leadership role.(6) The City of Toronto, for example tests its drinking water for the absence of bacteria every four to six hours.(7)
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1) “Bottled Water and Energy: A Pacific Institute Fact Sheet”. Pacific Institute, 2006.
2) Arnold, Emily, and Janet Larsen. "Bottled Water: Pouring Resources Down the Drain." Feb. 2, 2006 © Earth Policy Institute. Feb. 2006.
3) “Households and the Environment 2007”. page 22. Health Canada, Environmental and Workplace Health. © Statistics Canada, 2009.
4) Anne Kingston, “Green Report: It’s So Not Cool” Maclean’, May 14 2007.
5) Brita Pitcher System In-Home-Use-Test compared to tap water. USA 2005.
6) Health Canada, Environmental and Workplace Health. January 7, 2008.
7) Toronto Water – Frequently Asked Questions. City of Toronto.
2) Arnold, Emily, and Janet Larsen. "Bottled Water: Pouring Resources Down the Drain." Feb. 2, 2006 © Earth Policy Institute. Feb. 2006.
3) “Households and the Environment 2007”. page 22. Health Canada, Environmental and Workplace Health. © Statistics Canada, 2009.
4) Anne Kingston, “Green Report: It’s So Not Cool” Maclean’, May 14 2007.
5) Brita Pitcher System In-Home-Use-Test compared to tap water. USA 2005.
6) Health Canada, Environmental and Workplace Health. January 7, 2008.
7) Toronto Water – Frequently Asked Questions. City of Toronto.
