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9) The amount of bottled water purchased every week in the U.S. alone could circle the globe five times
That paints a pretty horrifying visual and rivals a similar statistic about straws (every day in the US, people consume enough plastic straws to circle the globe 2.5 times). And to be honest, this was
said before the recent research that shows approximately one million plastic bottles are bought around the world every minute - so it's probably more than 5 times.

8) One gallon of bottled water costs approximately 2,000 times more than the cost of a gallon of tap water.
The cost of bottled water ranges from 8cents/500ml (bought in bulk from a large chain) to $2.50/500ml (high-end brand bought from a vending machine), while the cost of tap water for Canadians is
approximately tenths of a cent per liter.

2) In Ontario alone, one billion plastic water bottles are sent to landfill every year.
While Nestle estimates that 70-75% of plastic water bottles are recycled in Ontario every year, the Polaris Institute - a non-profit organization that “challenges the influence of corporations on government and public policy” - estimates only 14 percent make it to recycling facilities in the province.