Brant County Says “No!” to Bottled Water

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.

Brant County Says “No!” to Bottled Water

Date: February 18th, 2010 | Author: Jo Henson
Posted in Uncategorized

office Brant County in Ontario continues the Canadian trend of banning the bottle! We are so proud of our Northern friends for taking big steps to decrease landfills and waste, hopefully more US cities will take notice and Ban the Bottle!