Only 10% of plastic is recycled resulting in 8.9 million tons of pollution. Production of plastic bottles is drastically worse on our ozone. If everyone switched to cartons we'd offset as much pollution as NYC generates monthly.
ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT OF PRODUCTION
% Impact of BWIB carton
relative to impact of PET bottle
Boxed Water carton relative to PET bottle
(fixed at 100%) - normalized results
Blow molding
plastic
contributes
to 2X
the global impact.
880,000 gallons
of oil are
sent to the
ocean per year
from U.S. drilling ops.
18X more
impact on
ozone depletion
than
Boxed Water carton.
Recycling
Isn't Enough
We're producing more than we can sustainably manage. We need to analyze the effects of production on the environment.
Our Choices Are Transforming the
Ocean, Lakes, and Rivers
A lusher, microplastics in the marine environement: distribution, interactions and effects, marine antrhropeogenic letter, 2015.
