NYC has some of the best tasting tap water in the country.
why not drink it?
We should take advantage of our delicious tap water by using publicly available drinking fountains instead of single-use bottled water. Our earth is precious and using drinking fountains will help protect the planet on which we live.
DID YOU KNOW?
TAP WATER IS CHEAP. BOTTLED WATER IS EXPENSIVE.
New York City’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) estimates that tap water costs the public just $0.01 per gallon, making it about 1000 times cheaper than bottled water.
DID YOU KNOW?
BOTTLED WATER IS ALSO RESOURCE-EXPENSIVE.
For North American companies, it takes 1.39 liters of water to make one liter of bottled water. Besides that, bottled water comes packaged in petroleum, arrives by truck, generates tremendous waste, and increases corporate control of the water market.
Plastic threatens wildlife.
There are over 100 million tons of plastic debris floating around in oceans threatening the health and safety of marine life.
Click below to see an interactive visualization of the plastic in the world's oceans.
DID YOU KNOW?
Americans throw away roughly 50 billion bottles every year.
But only about 25% of the plastic produced in the U.S. is recycled each year-- that means over $1 billion worth of plastic is wasted.
DID YOU KNOW?
The average time for a plastic bottle to completely degrade is at least 450 years.
It can even take some bottles 1000 years to biodegrade!
Refilling reusable bottles helps both Earth and your wallet stay green.
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