Eliminate thousands of single-use bottles
- Drinking the recommended 64 oz (8 glasses) of tap water costs less than $1 per year in many U.S. communities. The same amount from single-use bottled water can cost $1,200–$1,800 per year.
- Americans purchase about 50 billion plastic water bottles every year.
- A typical 16.9-ounce water bottle is used for only a few minutes but can persist in the environment for hundreds of years.
- Producing bottled water generally requires more water than the bottle ultimately contains, due to manufacturing and processing.