BOTTLED WATER – A REPORT 1. INTRODUCTION: The global bottled water industry has become very profitable in the past ten years. Huge multinational companies currently make billions of dollars on water they simply extract from the ground‚ slap a label on and sell at competitive prices. Examples of these companies includes: Aquafina (Pepsi)‚ Dasani (Coke)‚ Perrier (Nestle)‚ Evian‚ and Fiji Water among hundreds of others. Many countries have become very oriented toward bottled water. According to
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Competition in the Bottle Water Industry From 1996 to 2001 the bottle water industry worldwide sales went from 21 billion gallons to 32 billion gallons‚ with an annual growth rate average of 8.7%. The world’s largest market for bottled water‚ the United States attributes their 9.2% annual growth rate to consumer’s concerns regarding the purity of tap water‚ and a more health conscious society. The convenience and portability of bottle water made it a perfect match for the active lifestyles of
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repetitive sound of a water bottle hitting a surface at full force‚ you would be against water bottle flipping too. Unless you’ve been living under a rock‚ you have probably heard of the newest fad water bottle flipping. This bottle flip craze was internet-driven‚ and swept the country last year. This repetitive activity is annoying and I believe our teachers should not allow kids to bottle flip in an education zone. First of all‚ Studies display that repetitive noises‚ like bottle flipping‚contribute
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The Water Bottle The station was painfully close. I was racing through the desert‚ the sun slowly roasting and marinating me‚ soon id be a meal for the grim reaper. Sand tore away under the wheels of my bike as I rode hard east. Looking down into my lap‚ I eyed the package. I could abscond. It wouldn’t take me long to make it over the border‚ and with this package id be set for life. “If only.” Letting out a sigh‚ I sped to the station. Water was life. Water was money. Water was power. These
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Bottled Water vs. Tap Water In today’s society drinking water from a plastic bottle has become the norm‚ but just a few decades ago this action was not the case. During the late 70’s a French company named Perrier introduced bottled water to America and convinced people of the fact that drinking water from a bottle would make people look cool‚ so they advertised a new fashion of consuming this precious liquid. Companies like Coca-Cola and Pepsico saw the opportunity to start a division of bottled
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Essay Analysis 9/24/2013 Combass Analyzing the Writer 1: Gerald Jones was raised by “well-meaning‚ progressive‚ English-teacher parents”. Placed in a small‚ experimental school that he didn’t adjust too while growing up in the violent late 1960’s‚ Jones found himself not engaging with his peers or into boyhood. 2: Jones background of passivity and loneliness while growing up caused him to be oblivious and unfamiliar with American pop culture. Also‚ he was afraid of socializing among his
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Outline: Reusable Water Bottles I. Introduction A. 50 billion plastic water bottles end up in the U.S. landfills each year. That’s 140 million every day! That is enough‚ laid end to end‚ to reach China and back each day. (“Tap water vs bottled water..”) B. According to our class survey‚ more than half of the class buys water bottles more frequently than others. C. I‚ myself‚ use to buy bottled water almost everyday‚ at school‚ work and the gym. II. Thematic Statement
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Monroe-2 Persuasive Essay Plastic Water Bottles Vs. Reusable Water Bottles Water‚ a very important factor in our daily lives‚ is used for multiple reasons such as taking a shower to drinking it. Water is essential for our bodies because it helps us with our digestion‚ temperature control‚ and structure. We have become dependable on bottled water‚ whether it is plastic or reusable. Today in society we have been tricked by manufacturing companies that all water that is from the tap is bad. These
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and Public Address Mrs. Mendes Persuasive Speech – Outline Tap and Bottled Water Goal: To persuade the audience that: 1. Bottled water is not better than tap water 2. They should start using reusable water bottles Introduction Bottled water is believed by many to be cleaner and safer than tap water… While in many cases bottled water is clean and kept at a good quality‚ it is almost equal in most aspects with tap water 1. Costs and value of bottled water Basically‚ I would like to convince
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Tap Water should be the Water of Choice Scientists have warned for years that when bottles are stored in warm and hot temperatures‚ the plastic been showed to leach chemicals into the water. There are increasing effects of polyethylene terephthalate bottles on our environment. Even the price of bottle water is increasingly outrageous. With the economy the way it is‚ why spend the money on bottle water. The EPA conducted studies on chemicals found in bottled water. Even though the studies found
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