Don't Bottle It Up: Poster Day

Facts About Water Bottles

In 2007 we spent $16 billion on bottled water. That’s more than we spent on iPods or movie tickets.
According to the Beverage Marketing Corp, the average American consumed 1.6 gallons of bottled water in 1976. In 2006 that number jumped to 28.3 gallons.
If everyone in NYC gave up water bottles for one week they would save 24 million bottles from being landfilled; one month would save 112 million bottles and one year would save 1.328 billion bottles from going into the landfill.
It takes over 1.5 million barrels of oil to manufacture a year’s supply of bottled water. That’s enough oil to fuel 100,000 cars.
Plastic bottles take 700 years before they begin to decompose in a landfill.
In 2006, Americans drank about 167 bottles of water each, but only recycled an average of 23 percent. That leaves 38 billion water bottles in landfills.
8 out of every 10 water bottles purchased by americans are not recycled