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More than one million bottles of water are sold every minute around the world -- and global sales of bottled water are expected to nearly double by 2030.

The bottled water industry is a juggernaut. More than 1 million bottles of water are sold every minute around the world and the sector shows no sign of slowing down, according to a new report. Global sales of bottled water are expected to nearly double by 2030.

A spokesperson for Nestlé said: “Responsible water use and water conservation are at the heart of our efforts to build a more efficient business and be responsible stewards.” Danone had not provided a comment for this story by the time of its publication. Overall, the report said, there is “little data available on water volumes extracted.

 

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Dont these bottles have toxins in them?

And every one of the carelessly discarded bottles have a set of fingerprints on them… shame… human behaviour…

That's why so many governments won't work on the problem of getting fresh water to their people. There's too much money to be made in the bottled water industry.

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WHAT ARE WE DOING? KEURIG IS A PROBLEM TOO!!!

This should be banned

“Hey. Hey dumbass. Pick up yer garbage.”

All that plastic in the environment.

Strange actually, instead og guaranteing water is good and available to all. And all the bottles seems to end up in the water!

And I throw away my bottles in the ocean

Get a steel water bottle, you wankers!

Why can't people carry a refillable around? I never buy bottled water.

As long as we make sure all this plastic stop hitting the ground!!!!!!

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