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Bottled water has a larger environmental footprint than tap water.

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SUPPORTED
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7 sources for · 0 against

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Is it true that bottled water has a larger environmental footprint than tap water?

Yes. Two peer-reviewed life-cycle studies directly compare the two: one finds tap water's ecological and carbon footprints roughly 300 times lower than bottled water, and another finds bottled water uses far more energy than tap water. Several other sources note bottled water's environmental impact or rate it higher than tap water's.

Verdict: SUPPORTED · 7 sources for, 0 against · Last checked

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Evidence for · 7
Bottled water
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Bottled water. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottled_water

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Bottled water versus tap water
2019
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Graydon, R., González, P. A., Laureano-Rosario, A. E., & Pradieu, G. R. (2019). Bottled water versus tap water. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-01-2019-0003

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Bottled Water versus Tap Water: Risk Perceptions and Drinking Water Choices at the University of South Florida
2019
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Christopher, G. R., Andrea, G. P., Elias, L. A., & Reginald, P. G. (2019). Bottled Water versus Tap Water: Risk Perceptions and Drinking Water Choices at the University of South Florida. eric.ed.gov. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-01-2019-0003

Tap Water vs. Bottled Water in a Footprint Integrated Approach
2009
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Botto, S. (2009). Tap Water vs. Bottled Water in a Footprint Integrated Approach. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1038/npre.2009.3407.1

Rethinking bottled water in public health discourse -
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Rethinking bottled water in public health discourse - PMC Lock. (n.d.). pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-015226

The impacts of bottled water: an analysis of bottled water markets and their interactions with tap water provision
2017
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Hawkins, G. (2017). The impacts of bottled water: an analysis of bottled water markets and their interactions with tap water provision. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1203

Carbon emissions and embodied energy as tools for evaluating environmental aspects of tap water and bottled water in Brazil
2016
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Dias, P. & Bernardes, A. (2016). Carbon emissions and embodied energy as tools for evaluating environmental aspects of tap water and bottled water in Brazil. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1080/19443994.2015.1055815

Polarized but illusory beliefs about tap and bottled water: A product- and consumer-oriented survey and blind tasting experiment.
2018
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Debbeler, L. J., Gamp, M., Blumenschein, M., Keim, D. A., & Renner, B. (2018). Polarized but illusory beliefs about tap and bottled water: A product- and consumer-oriented survey and blind tasting experiment.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.190

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