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The great american bottled water obsession

 

Guess what the second most popular beverage after soft drinks in America is?  You guessed it, bottled water.  It wasn't always this way though.  The last decade has brought a wave of marketing campaigns that has convinced us about the purity and superior taste of bottled water.  Is this purity and taste really worth the worth the 1000% markup bottled water is over tap water?  The extreme markup is not the only negative surrounding our bottled water obsession.  Only about 10% of plastic water bottles are recycled.  According to container-recycling.org, 60 million plastic water bottles are thrown away and incinerated each day!  

I am aware of people's concerns with chlorine, fluoride and other impurities in the municipal water supply.  I just can't get over the extreme markup and waste issues with bottled water.  You can save tons of money by using refillable water bottles and investing in a good water filter instead of paying the 1000% markup for bottled water.

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