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    Evidence: The Story of Bottled Water

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    The story of bottled water discusses the environmental problems caused by plastic water bottles. It notes that plastic bottle production relies on oil extraction and contributes to pollution. Once used, plastic bottles often end up in landfills or are incinerated, releasing toxic fumes either way. Tap water avoids these issues by being consumed directly without bottling. The document advocates raising awareness of these problems to encourage people to choose tap water over bottled water.

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    Evidence: The Story of Bottled Water

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    The story of bottled water discusses the environmental problems caused by plastic water bottles. It notes that plastic bottle production relies on oil extraction and contributes to pollution. Once used, plastic bottles often end up in landfills or are incinerated, releasing toxic fumes either way. Tap water avoids these issues by being consumed directly without bottling. The document advocates raising awareness of these problems to encourage people to choose tap water over bottled water.

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    The story of bottled water discusses the environmental problems caused by plastic water bottles. It notes that plastic bottle production relies on oil extraction and contributes to pollution. Once used, plastic bottles often end up in landfills or are incinerated, releasing toxic fumes either way. Tap water avoids these issues by being consumed directly without bottling. The document advocates raising awareness of these problems to encourage people to choose tap water over bottled water.

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    Evidence: The Story of Bottled Water

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    The story of bottled water discusses the environmental problems caused by plastic water bottles. It notes that plastic bottle production relies on oil extraction and contributes to pollution. Once used, plastic bottles often end up in landfills or are incinerated, releasing toxic fumes either way. Tap water avoids these issues by being consumed directly without bottling. The document advocates raising awareness of these problems to encourage people to choose tap water over bottled water.

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    Evidence: The story of bottled water

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

    If you drink bottled water, the environment will be contaminated, since the
    plastic bottles are made with oil, this implies that the extraction and production
    of the same affect the ecosystem, in the same way, the elimination of bottle
    waste generates pollution in the air.

    Another problem is the disposal, if you use plastic bottles and then throw away
    the waste, it becomes an issue, because the incineration releasing toxic
    pollution

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

    If you decide to drink bottled water, this would imply the manufacturing process
    and the contamination of the companies that manufacture the bottles, instead,
    the tap water is consumed directly by the people, without generating any type of
    affectation to the environment.

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

    Throughout the life cycle of the product, different processes are presented,
    such as the extraction and production of oil to make water bottles, send them
    around the planet and then people drink them, so that finally, the waste is
    eliminated and generate a production cycle. What happens with the plastic
    bottles after we throw them away. In the process of waste disposal, if the
    bottles are incinerated, a large pollution in the air will be generated, in the same
    way, if these are thrown into dumps they will remain in this place for years.

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

    If people did not use plastic water bottles and instead drink tap water, a series
    of environmental problems would be reduced, therefore, it is necessary to
    encourage people through awareness campaigns.
    5. Is this problem common in your community? What does the community do
    to deal with it?

    If we observe the consumption of water bottles in my community, we will


    observe that it is very common for people to buy bottled water, since it is
    assumed that this water is completely purified, but in the case of my community
    in particular, if people use bottles plastic, they will be asked to deposit them in
    specific containers within the residential complex
    .
    6. Will you drink bottled water again? Why? Why not?

    If I have the option of choosing between drinking bottled water or a tap, in the
    case of Bogotá I would prefer to drink tap water, because if you do, you would
    not only be saving water but also implicitly helping the environment

    7. What will you do in the future to reduce the number of plastic bottles used in
    the world?

    To reduce the consumption of plastic water bottles in the future it is necessary


    to generate talks to the whole community in general, because if people are
    made aware of this environmental problem, they will probably react to the
    consequences of the use and consumption of this resource in plastic bottles

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