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can prove which is better. If one gets cleaned better than the other then obviously that one would be healthier than the other. But if they were cleaned just the same then the quality of tap and bottled water shouldn’ t differ as much.
How greatly does bottled water affect our world?
Bottled water is such a little topic in our world of controversies but still has a great effect on our environment and economy. Bottled water effects our environment because bottled water obviously uses plastic which is supposed to be recycled when most people just throw it away. After a class of seventh graders took a survey( the same one from before) it showed that only four out of thirty one students use a reusable container to drink their water. That is roughly fourteen percent, that is a very low percent and that goes to show people use bottled water because it is an easier way of providing yourself with a great necessity, but it can get quite expensive. That leaves me into how bottled water can affect
the economy. Bottled water can affect the economy in many ways; one way is that it is that it can get quite expensive. Bottled water profits have grown at least 6.5 million dollars since 2000 in the U. S. alone. This may sound outrageous but it’ s true, bottled water can get very expensive but that’ s just because water is something everyone needs and