Tapped Water Questions and Answers
$0.05 has 70% return rate, $0.10 has 90% return rate - ANSWER-How do deposits of
CRV's correlate with recycling rates of plastic bottles in the US?
0.02% if ground water - ANSWER-According to the water companies' representative in
the video, how much ground water and these companies actually using for bottled
water?
40% - ANSWER-According to the video, what percentage of bottled water is actually
just filtered tap water?
Bottled water is expensive and plastic is dangerous for everyone; if you improve the
infrastructure, you decrease the amount of bottled water and therefore there becomes
more pollution. - ANSWER-Why do advocates of environmental health tout more
investment in municipal water infrastructure and utilizing reusable water containers as
opposed to bottled water consumption?
end up in landfills, some get incinerated, and some end up in the ocean - ANSWER-
According to the video, what happens to plastic bottles that are not recycled?
Even in a drought, Pepsi was still bottling water - ANSWER-What was the irony
concerning water and the droughts in North Carolina?
If they are going to take the cities water, they should pay. - ANSWER-Do you think
water resources should be collectively owned by the public, or do you think companies
should be able to privately own water rights to groundwater?
Implying tap water isn't safe to drink, so people will buy more bottled water. - ANSWER-
How have marketing and convenience factored into the demand for bottled water? How
have the terms "pure", "safe", and "healthy" been utilized in marketing to try to make a
distinction between tap and bottled waters in terms of the water's perceived quality?
million times more expensive; cost of production - ANSWER-How does the cost of
bottled water compare to tap water in general?
Why do you think this is?
Not much. One person is responsible for testing placstic for the enitre country, and they
don't regulate inner state products; bottled waters test themselves
~ MTW- tested 306 to 400 times a month - ANSWER-What kind of authority does the
FDA have on water produced and consumed in state? How do the requirements for
testing differ for municipal tap water versus tap water?
$0.05 has 70% return rate, $0.10 has 90% return rate - ANSWER-How do deposits of
CRV's correlate with recycling rates of plastic bottles in the US?
0.02% if ground water - ANSWER-According to the water companies' representative in
the video, how much ground water and these companies actually using for bottled
water?
40% - ANSWER-According to the video, what percentage of bottled water is actually
just filtered tap water?
Bottled water is expensive and plastic is dangerous for everyone; if you improve the
infrastructure, you decrease the amount of bottled water and therefore there becomes
more pollution. - ANSWER-Why do advocates of environmental health tout more
investment in municipal water infrastructure and utilizing reusable water containers as
opposed to bottled water consumption?
end up in landfills, some get incinerated, and some end up in the ocean - ANSWER-
According to the video, what happens to plastic bottles that are not recycled?
Even in a drought, Pepsi was still bottling water - ANSWER-What was the irony
concerning water and the droughts in North Carolina?
If they are going to take the cities water, they should pay. - ANSWER-Do you think
water resources should be collectively owned by the public, or do you think companies
should be able to privately own water rights to groundwater?
Implying tap water isn't safe to drink, so people will buy more bottled water. - ANSWER-
How have marketing and convenience factored into the demand for bottled water? How
have the terms "pure", "safe", and "healthy" been utilized in marketing to try to make a
distinction between tap and bottled waters in terms of the water's perceived quality?
million times more expensive; cost of production - ANSWER-How does the cost of
bottled water compare to tap water in general?
Why do you think this is?
Not much. One person is responsible for testing placstic for the enitre country, and they
don't regulate inner state products; bottled waters test themselves
~ MTW- tested 306 to 400 times a month - ANSWER-What kind of authority does the
FDA have on water produced and consumed in state? How do the requirements for
testing differ for municipal tap water versus tap water?
