EVIDENCE: The story of bottled water

1. What are the problems derived from drinking bottled water? Mention
two problems at least.
RTA:

One problem is when the extraction and the use of oil for the production of bottles is done,
much energy is lost in the preparation and distribution of the same.
The planet accumulates many plastic bottle wastes if people drink a lot of bottled water.
When plastic bottle waste is burned, toxic contamination is released into the environment.

2.What is the difference between bottled water and drinking water?

RTA:
If the water is treated, processed and sold by a company, the water is bottled water.
If water can be drunk by people without any problem this water is drinking water.

3. Describe the process involved in manufacturing a plastic bottle.

RTA:

Companies obtain raw materials from nature to manufacture bottles, then

companies manufacture them, when the companies have already manufactured
the bottles, they fill the bottles with processed water.

When the water has already been bottled, the bottles will be distributed until they
reach the people.

After the empty bottles are collected, if they are not thrown or incinerated, the
bottles will be used to make new products of lower quality.

4. What happens with the plastic bottles after we throw them away?
RTA:
If the plastic bottles do not end up dumping in landfills for many years, they end up
in incinerators where toxic contaminants are expelled.

5.What solutions can be implemented to solve this problem?

RTA:
If we work to prohibit the purchase of bottled water throughout the city, people will
drink drinking water.
If we press the officials of our city in our city to bring sources of drinking water, we
will get them to do so.

6. Is this problem common in your community? What does the

community do to deal with it?
RTA:
It is very common. Many people in my community have water filters in their homes
and fill a bottle with water every time they go out.
When people do this they do not need to buy bottled water.

7. Will you drink bottled water again? Why, why not?

RTA:
It's been a long time since I have drinked bottled water.
I have some reasons and one of them is that I spend less money if I do not drink
bottled water, another is that I think it is not worth spending money on it if I can
take water from the tap.

8. What will you do in the future to reduce the number of plastic bottles
used in the world?
RTA:
I will encourage my family and other people not to drink bottled water and I will
participate in campaigns against the use of plastic bottles.