Should Bottled Water Be Banned From Schools
Did you know that more than one billion bottles of water end up in California’s landfills each year, taking 1,000 years to biodegrade and leaking toxic additives such as phthalates into the groundwater? Bottled water should be banned from schools all across the U.S. because studies have shown that only about 14% of bottled water makes it to the recycle bin. The other 86% are left to be littered, wasted, landfilled, or incinerated.
Bottled water can be found in classrooms by students or teachers. Teachers probably have no problem throwing their bottles into the recycling bin, but students on the other hand either don’t care or don’t notice the difference of throwing the bottled water into the trash can than the recycling bin. Students would
Bottled water can be found in classrooms by students or teachers. Teachers probably have no problem throwing their bottles into the recycling bin, but students on the other hand either don’t care or don’t notice the difference of throwing the bottled water into the trash can than the recycling bin. Students would