Impact of Plastic Bottled Water on City Waste

Published: 6 July 2007

Category: Packaging CONCERNS, Recycling

PackExpo.com reports that mayors in California have voted to study the impact of bottled water on city waste as figures suggest that 4 billion pounds of plastic bottles ended up in city waste streams in 2006, which reportedly cost more than $70 million in dumping and incineration fees.

Link to Full Article

Copyright © 2006 GPI

The keepitorganic.org website (the “Site”), its content, such as articles, text, graphics, images, and other material contained on the Site (“Content”), and any information or material posted on the Site by third parties are provided for informational purposes only. Visitors to the Site are invited to submit supporting or contradictory articles or other relevant information on organic foods and beverages and packaging for them, which will be considered for posting on the Site if they are third-party articles or information and are of a similar level of quality as articles and information currently posted on the Site.