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Bottled Water Research Paper Outline
Bottled Water Research Paper Outline
Winter 2016
Introduction
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Research question/ and/or thesis
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In the United States since 1960, waste generation (before recovery) has increased by 2.8
times, and per capita waste generation has risen by 65%. In 2010, U.S. citizens produced 250
million tons of municipal solid waste (before recovery)--close to 1 ton per person. The average
American generates 2.0 kg (4.4 lb) or trash a day--considerably more than people in most other
industrialized nations. (pg. 611 of Pearson Environment textbook)
Yet people in the U.S. buy more than half a billion bottles of water every week. Thats enough
to circle the globe more than 5 times. (via story of stuff)
every second of every day in the United States, a thousand people buy and open up a
plastic bottle of commercially produced water, and every second of every day in the United
States, a thousand plastic bottles are thrown away. Eighty-five million bottles a day. More than
thirty billion bottles a year at a cost to consumers of tens of billions of dollars. (Source 10)
Body Section 1: The Bottle
Intro to section
Research on one or more of the following :
-The Pacific Institute breaks it down like this: Because bottled water required approximately 1
million tons of PET [Polyethylene Terephthalate] in 2006, those bottles required roughly 100
billion MJ of energy. A barrel of oil contains around 6,000 MJ, so producing those bottles
required the equivalent of around 17 million barrels of oil. This is enough energy to fuel one
million American cars for one year. (story of stuff FAQ)
Each year, making the plastic water bottles used in the U.S. takes enough oil and energy to fuel
a million cars. (via story of stuff)
Toxic chemicals used in production: antimony oxide, diaszomethane, lead oxide. (source 6)
"The production of plastic emits substantial amounts of toxic chemicals (eg. ethylene oxide,
benzene and xylenes) to air and water. Many of the toxic chemicals released in plastic
production can cause cancer and birth defects and damage the nervous system, blood, kidneys
and immune systems. These chemicals can also cause serious damage to ecosystems."
(source 11)
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communities
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Article title: South Asia: The new target of international waste traders (source #4)
Into the ocean? (not a person issue)
What about incineration, examining the effects of toxins in plastic
burned, how does it affect communities living near incinerators?
Transition
Article title: South Asia: The new target of international waste traders (source #4)
Conclusion
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Sources:
1. http://storyofstuff.org/wpcontent/uploads/movies/scripts/SoBottledWater_Annotated_Script.pdf
2. http://storyofstuff.org/story-of-bottled-water/story-of-bottled-water-faqs/
3. Nestle http://www.nestle-watersna.com/en/water-sustainability/reducing-ourcarbon-footprint/bottle-packaging-responsibility/why-plastic
4. About shipping garbage
http://www.multinationalmonitor.org/hyper/issues/1993/12/mm1293_08.html
5. About plastic and plastic polution http://worldcentric.org/aboutcompostables/traditional-plastic/pollution
6. about toxicity and plastics: http://www.mindfully.org/Plastic/Dont-BuyPlastics.htm
7. Pearson Environment
8. Cradle to Cradle
9. About plastics and toxins : http://worldcentric.org/aboutcompostables/traditional-plastic/pollution
10. Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water
(2010)
11. http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/Dumping-Pepsi-Plastic-India94.htm
12. Bottled water: Safer? Nah :
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/07/09/09greenwire-fewer-regulations-forbottled-water-than-tap-g-33331.html
13. A More Perfect Commodity: Bottled Water, Global Accumulation, and Local
Contestation: http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?sid=fd4a24b9-79f84c1d-8650-ae5b1329124a
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