Argumentative Essay On Water Bottles

Imagine in 5 years time stepping outside to get in your car and you are being attacked by plastic bottles! Yes its true plastic bottles are taking over land fills everywhere on the planet.

There are many pros and cons to using water bottles. The following 3 articles are showing different viewpoints of whether plastic water bottles should be not used in our society Did you know that bottled water we all once drank out of the other day could somewhat contain tap water? The importance of water bottles in our society and generation is that we need it for emergency purposes and maintain a healthy life. We all know that plastic water bottles are very healthy and good to keep your body hydrated. We also know that bottled water is very nutritious due to it being “purified.” But, these so called “credible companies” that claim that this purified water is really what it's meant to be is not mostly correct. I will be explaining

Billions of gallons of bottled water are consumed in the United States every year. Many Americans choose bottled water for its convenience and say that the taste is much better than tap water. They say tap water is flat and tasteless. Some argue that the cost of bottled water far exceeds the cost of tap water. One study showed that one bottled water per day would cost the consumer $365 per year while the same amount of tap water would cost ten cents. While bottled water is more expensive, it provides over 130,000 jobs resulting in over six billion dollars in salaries for american workers “Bottled Water Matters.” In the article, “ Bad To The Last Drop,” Tom Standage says that bottled water is too expensive and encourages people to stop buying bottled water and give the money to charity. In the article “ In Defense of Bottled Water,” Thomas J. Lauria says that eliminating bottled water would have the unintended consequence of driving people to choose more unhealthy beverages which have thicker plastic bottles and would be worse on the environment. He also says that bottled water is an important choice in situations where there is a lack of tap water or concern about water

Bottled water should not be banned in school no because people come up with new ideas every day. Also if there is a natural disaster in a school and there are no water bottles then the water will be harder to drink. Also some schools will have no water flowing through the school so they will have to use water bottles. Also people can just reuse the water bottle so they won't have to buy a new one.

Gleick supports this argument and cites specific grounds that disprove bottled water companies’ false claims. For example oxygenated water is said to “strengthen your immune system…and even brain function” despite scientific testing done proving that a single breath of air contains more oxygen than the product itself (Gleick 118). Next, the author recalls someone who drank nothing but super-hydrating Penta Water, which cost over sixty dollars a case. This costly expense was proven to be futile, because scientific evidence proved that Penta did not have any health benefits superior to those of ordinary water (Gleick 129). Barnett incorporates a qualifier which states that it is difficult to conclude whether bottled or tap water is healthier. However, this does not take away from the fact that the EPA, which regulates municipal water, is more strict than the FDA is with regulation over bottled water. Bottled water companies claim they intensely purify their products despite this evidence. These seemingly astonishing claims mislead consumers who do not possess the knowledge nor the equipment necessary to test the water themselves. Consumers spend money to purchase products that turn out to have no outstanding health benefits. They may additionally put their health at risk by consuming bottled water which may contain pollutants detrimental to the human body.

According to The Water Project, “Bottles used to package water take over 1,000 years to bio-degrade and if incinerated, they produce toxic fumes. It is estimated that over 80% of all single-use water bottles used in the U.S. simply become ‘litter’” (“Bottled Water is Wasteful”). This fact is not the only reason I believe that bottled water does not outweigh its costs. Although statistics show that bottled water is efficient, there are many reasons to believe otherwise.

Michael Hiltzik’s first section of the article is especially important for individuals to know about. I agree 100% with his opinion on bottle water. There are many environmental dangers and unnecessary expenses for bottled water. Countless people don’t discard of their bottled waters in the recycling or trash bin. Eventually, these plastic dangers end up in the ocean and may put marine life in jeopardy.

Drinking water that is packaged in plastic bottles has more wasteful and harmful than drinking water from the tap. Water bottles left in hot temperatures can release unhealthy chemicals into the plastic into your drink. Using water from the tap can prevent billions of plastic water bottles from harming the earth. Bottled water isn’t a premium as you think. About 25% of water in bottles comes from municipal sources that may come from harmful

Imagine you’re late for sports and you need to fill your water bottle. The race is on for finding your water bottles. Seconds later you hear the car honk, you know your moms mad. You go in the garage and look where the plastic water bottles usually are… your out of luck. Than you remember THERE BANNED.

Americans buy at least nine billion of plastic water bottle every year; this translates to millions of dollars spent on a commodity that is readily available in their homes (Lewis, page 1). The only reason that can justify this senseless behaviour is that Americans have been duped by the assertions of advertisers and marketers. According to Gleick, a good advertiser has the ability to make us buy something we may not need. These corporations spend many funds to denigrate public water supplies while flaunting their products.

The truth is that 25% of bottled water actually comes from public sources and is only sometimes decontaminated. According to an article titled Bottled Water vs. Tap Water, “For the consumer, bottled water is significantly more expensive than tap water.” This highlights the inconvenience of bottled water. First, you have to drive in your car and pollute the air with carbon monoxide from your car to get to the store. Furthermore, you have to buy a heavy package of water bottles that you would otherwise get for free from your kitchen sink.

In the article “Trust on Tap”, Kate Brown explores the why the vast majority of people turn to bottled water as opposed to tap despite bottled water’s many drawbacks. The article discusses how it was found that people in a survey seem to believe “convenience, cost and environmental impact” (Brown) are a “secondary” (Brown) concern and many drink it because they believe it is “better quality” (Brown). Despite this view, it is completely untrue that bottled water is “safer” (Brown) than tap water. According to an expert in water quality, Stewart Khan, tap water must meet more “stringent… criteria” (Khan) than bottled water to ensure purification. Lastly Brown shows how many water companies lie to the public, just as Nestle did as they led the public to believe their water was spring water although it was in fact groundwater they pulled “near a present… waste dump” (Brown).

Bottled water is a very important part of everyday life for American citizens.Billions of bottled water is consumed every year.There are many mixed feelings about bottled water.Some people believe bottled water should be banned while others feel it's important to everyday life.There are many pros and cons to selling plastic bottled water and each of the following articles show different perspectives on whether bottled water should or shouldn’t be sold in our society.

Everyone wants to know which water is safe for them, is it bottled water or tap water? The US drinks more bottled water than any other country across the globe. Not only does the US consume more bottled water, but uses a lot of energy to produce the bottled water. In developing countries, tap water is safe and ‘drinkable’. Bottled water and tap water come from the same sources, but tap water is better than bottled water. Some ways in which tap water is better than bottled water is the cost, environmental impact, and safety.

“One of the biggest challenges facing the bottled water industry is how to respond to the environmental claims levelled against it” (Grocer). Every time someone throws a bottle away, they have taken up more space in a landfill for the next four hundred fifty to one thousand years. Besides the long decomposition rate, water bottles are the cause of several more environmental issues. Overfilling landfills, health hazards caused by refilling, and the economic stresses due to the constant and inconvenient repurchasing are just a few of the negatives water bottles have on us. These plastic pollutants are doing more harm to both the environment and their users than good.