Bottled water containers make up just 3.3 percent of all beverage containers in landfills
December 16, 2015 : Alexandria, VA : BWW
:
The
International
Bottled
Water
Association
(IBWA)
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,"
said
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
other
most
common
types
of
beverage
container
packaging.
"When
you
do
this,
you
see
that
bottled
water
containers,
measured
in
tons
of
landfill
space,
make
up
just
3.3
percent
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