Bottled water containers make up just 3.3% of all beverage containers in landfills
The International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) (bottledwater.org) has released a new infographic setting the record straight about landfill space and environmental footprint of PET plastic bottled water containers.
“On social media and in the blogosphere, reports continue to errantly perpetuate the idea that bottled water packaging is clogging up U.S. landfills,” says Chris Hogan, IBWA vice-president communications. “So, IBWA decided to put bottled water packaging to the test, comparing our packaging, side-by-side, against the oth¬er most common types of beverage con¬tainer packaging.”
“When you do this, you see that bottled water containers, measured in tons of landfill space, make up just 3.3% of all beverage containers that end up in landfills. The waste percentage numbers are much higher for the glass (66.7%), aluminum (7.9%), and soda bottles (13.3%) that end up in landfills.”
Data for Bottled water PET containers was put up against: