The facts about bottled water [INFOGRAPHIC]

Great graphic, really hits you. The testing/reporting info is new to me.

Unfortunately there are many places in the world where bottled water is the only option for clean drinking. But I’d never buy one in the States.

I agree with Michelle, this is incredible. I knew I detested water bottles for a reason.

A friend of mine works as assistant supervisor for public works tasked with administering the local recycling program. A few eye opening things he told me:

The market is so flooded for re-using plastic bottles, that burning them for energy is deemed more cost effective (and earth-friendly) than “recycling” them.

The vast majority of those bottles are for water.

Using glass bottles for water would be great–even if you couldn’t find a buyer for the recycled glass, municipalities/states can easily grind them up for use in the creation of roads (ever wonder why your street sometimes “glitters” in the sunlight?)