Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Bottled water provides significant P2O feedstock potential


"Use of bottled water is increasing, but it takes three litres of water to produce one litre of bottled water. In the USA alone an additional 17 million barrels of oil per year are used to make the plastic containers. Worldwide, 200 billion litres of bottled water are produced every year, creating an enormous problem of how to dispose of the used plastic bottles. "

http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=88520

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