Drinking from plastic bottles has become such an everyday way of life that many people don’t even think about what they are made from, or where they really go after we’re done with them.
Each American throws out an average of 21 lbs (9.5kg) of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles per year – 200 to 500 bottles per person.[1]
That’s quite a bit of plastic waste, just to have a drink.
21 Reasons Why Plastic Bottles Ruin Everything: Recycling Won’t Fix It, Zero Waste Will.
