Bottled water packaging reduced by nearly half in less than a decade
October 27, 2017 : Alexandria, VA : BWW
:
The
amount
of
materials
used
to
make
polyethylene
terephthalate
(PET)
and
high
density
polyethylene
(HDPE)
plastic,
and
glass
bottled
water
containers
has
been
reduced
by
42.8
percent
between
2007
and
2015,
according
to
a
new
study.
The
Quantis
Life
Cycle
Inventory
and
Environmental
Footprint
of
Bottled
Water
for
the
North
American
Market
study
found
the
total
grams
of
bottle
material
per
gallon
of
bottled
water
(excluding
labels
and
caps)
has
been
reduced
from
129
grams
in
2007
to
just
73.9
grams
in
2015.
The
report,
commissioned
by
the
International
Bottled
Water
Association
(IBWA),
measured
key
environmental
metrics
such
as
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