Opinion | We’re Carrying Too Much Water — The Wall Street Journal
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Opinion | We’re Carrying Too Much Water — The Wall Street Journal
we waste water enormously and, so far, we have been slow to adopt many effective changes that would reverse undesirable habits and trends.
Vaclav Smil • How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going
Clean water is really starting to be at a premium
Around the world, almost 1 million plastic bottles are purchased every minute. As the environmental impact of that tide of plastic becomes a growing political issue, major packaged goods sellers and retailers are under pressure to cut the flow of the single-use bottles and containers that are clogging the world’s waterways.
Marco Hernandez • Drowning in plastic
Manufacturing and filling plastic water bottles consumes twice as much water as the bottle will ultimately contain,