Florida Imposes Bottled Water Tax

The recommended eight glasses of water a day, at U.S. tap rates equals about $.49 per year; that same amount of bottled water is about $1,400.
It takes 17 million barrels of oil per year to make all the plastic water bottles used in the U.S. alone. That's enough oil to fuel 1.3 million cars for a year.
In 2007, Americans consumed over 50 billion single serve bottles of water; between 30 and 40 million single serve bottles went into landfills each year.
Antimony, which is found in PET plastic bottles, in small doses can cause dizziness and depression; in larger doses it can cause nausea, vomiting and death.

Florida Imposes Bottled Water Tax

Date: March 31st, 2010 | Author: Jo Henson
Posted in Articles, Government

5_Gallon_Water_Bottles Florida’s Senate Commerce Committee voted 7-1 to allow a $.06 tax on every bottle of water purchased in Florida.� Great quote to represent this vote �This is not a tax. It�s a surcharge to save the environment.� So true! It is estimated that big water companies pull 3.6million gallons of water DAILY from Florida’s resources.