Plastic Ocean Plastic Ocean OR OR

Pacific OceanPacific Ocean

Plastic products Plastic products are floating in are floating in our oceans….our oceans….

This growth is still on the rise. Only 10% of plastic bottles are recycled, the rest end up in landfills or in our oceans.

Reasons people purchase bottled waterReasons people purchase bottled water

Concerns over tap water safety is the major reason for the Concerns over tap water safety is the major reason for the purchase of bottled water. However…….purchase of bottled water. However…….

$2$2 $3 $3 $23.75 $2$23.75 $2

BIGGEST SCAM EVER!!!

BIGGEST SCAM EVER!!! PepsiCo, PepsiCo, the parent the parent company company

for for Aquafina Aquafina confessed confessed

to using to using regular regular purified purified water.water.

Coca-cola Coca-cola company company

says says Dasani Dasani comes comes

from local from local water water

supplies supplies and is then and is then

filtered. filtered.

BOTTLED WATER IS TAP WATERBOTTLED WATER IS TAP WATER

**Simply REFILL****Simply REFILL**

Why spend your bill?Why spend your bill?

References:References:• Slide 2: http://under2c.blogspot.com/2007/12/big-question.html

• Slide3:http://www.helixcharter.net/department_sites/socialscience/honors_geo/student%20work/Period%203%20websites/t3moldewatpol/images/plastic%20ocean%20trash.jpg

• Slide 4: http://www.nestle-watersna.com/NR/rdonlyres/D77A9E77-61E3-4073-A15BFBE708762918/1131/TrendBottledWtrVolumeGrowth.jpg

• Slide 5:http://www.core77.com/blog/images/ESA_spacedebris.jpg

• Slide 6:http://www.nrdc.org/water/drinking/bw/chap2.asp

• Slide 7: http://www.forbestraveler.com/food-drink/bottled-water-slide-3.html?thisspeed=25000

• Slide 8:http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1431/612408772_70285bee5e.jpg & http://iwanttobreathe.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/bottled-water-791428gif.jpg