water bottle pollution in the environment

http://greenliving.nationalgeographic.com/water-bottle-pollution-2947.html?source=glmore

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Summary:

Consumers drink approximately 30 gallons more per person of bottle water then they did in 1976.  Bottled water creates more pollution than tap water annually, do to the production and transportation cost of the plastic bottles which requires millions of barrels of oil per year.  Americans are the top consumers of bottle water, purchasing an estimated 29 billion bottles a year.  The recycling rate of these bottles are only 13% where as the rest finds themselves in landfills throughout the country where some will find their way into the ocean and other water sources. 

Evaluation:

If consumers would cut back on their bottle water consumption, it would benefit the environment are us dramatically.  If the amount of bottle water consumed by each person was reduce, then less oil would be used for the production and transportation of this product.