What is the most the prime suspect of droughts, floods, storms, loss of land, habitat, glacier, homes and even lives?
Bottled water has been draining us dry for far too long. It has been cheating us, it has been lying to us, and it has been taking from us for and we have done nothing but, accept this thing into our society, but in reality it is really more like a virus to us all. We never realize it because the effects don’t affect us directly right away, but it affects us passively with its very existence. Let me explain with reason, evidence, and my response and we will see what truth to behold. First, we need to understand how it is cheating us, and lying to us “Bottled water costs about 2000 times more than tap water...them feel scared and insecure if they don’t have it and that’s exactly what the bottled water industry did. One of their first marketing tactics was to scare people about tap water, with ads like Fiji’s Cleveland campaign. ‘When we’re done,’ one tap water exec said, ‘tap water will be relegated to showers and washing dishes.’... In a recent full page ad, Nestle said: ‘bottled water is the most environmentally responsible consumer product in the world.’”(storyofstuff.org/movies/story-of-bottled-water/) They have cheated us by the amount they take away from us. The cost is much more for water that is clean. Even, if the water wasn’t clean there is a solution, boil it. Boiling actually get rid of most of the bacteria and is very effective. It is also more cleaner and more cost effective than bottled water ever could be. They have lied about it in their campaigns, like in all company there's always this one unwritten rule, profits rule over all, even in customer satisfaction. Nestle lying about bottled water being the most environmentally responsible consumer product in the world is such a big lie. It actually goes further with the use of water. It takes more water to clean it than it has which is harmful for the environment because you have to send that water out to the seas. The plastic itself is more expensive than the water and it is harming the environment when, you throw it away. At the end of the day it is plastic so it takes longer to be destroyed. This is a problem when landfills, lakes, and it gets into the atmosphere when people burn it so it doesn’t consume all the space in the world. In landfills, it piles up and the gases from producing it and destroying it add to the problem to global warming. Global warming is the cause of droughts, floods, storms so it makes sense to put the blame on plastic bottles.
However there is actually a bigger threat to the environment and it is us. Now readers you may be confused, but let me explain. The reason I pointed at all of us is because what are we? We are the consumers of these plastic bottles. We were the ones who fell into the traps of big corporations and we were the ones who will always consume until our death and to this earth will have an end to its suffering for helping a small species grow out of control. Is there a silver lining? Yes if you're still reading. There is a way to end these tricks, to slow the inevitable pain, and to ensure a future where our kids and their kids live as bright as the stars they are and it is very simple. It buys less, and be cost effective. Now as consumers we will always consume so global warming will inevitably end with the lost of humanity, but it doesn’t have to end like this. I will use water as an example, if I drink water should it be from the tap or from the bottle. First, weigh the pros and cons. Plastic is expensive, harmful to the environment, but it is almost found every store and is portable. Drinking from the tap can possibly be harmful to yourself, but is more environmentally friendly, and cheap. The solution is a mix, instead of both start off with tap water and boil it to lower the chance of it being harmful, more so than bottled water. Then fill it up in a reusable bottle so it can be portable too. It may have more steps in hindsight, but overall it is less steps than plastic bottles of creating plastic filter water, clean bottle, put water in, seal it in an unnecessarily package, ship to store, wait for customers to buy it, and then drink it all. So, drink better water, with better results and better effectiveness by going the extra mile.
