Plastic Water Bottles

Production

By: Arjun Vaswani

To: His Supremacy, Terence Donohue,
President of Mbantu
 Production Process
Uses a lot of energy to make plastic bottles
Toxic chemicals are mixed with oil and water.
Often native or elderly people work for the plastic water
bottle companies which displace them.
Their resource has been taken.
Need money
They risk their lives working in Factories with toxics
Toxics in - Toxics out
Bisphenol A
 Facts on Production
Production of plastics has increased over 2000% since Bakelite
was first produced.
The production of plastic emits substantial amounts of toxic
chemicals( eg. ethylene oxide, benzene and xylenes) to air and
water.
Millions of dollars are spent yearly in plastics research, trying
to find new plastics and to improve the existing ones.
 Effects of BPA on people
Bisphenol A (BPA) is found in #7 PC, considered to be
another dangerous plastic.
Type 2 Diabetes may develop because of BPA, since it
can disrupt the proper function of the pancreas and
insulin production.
The problem with BPA contamination from
polycarbonate water containers first came to light in
1998
Manufacturers have quietly substituted other, safer
plastics for their baby bottle products since the BPA
leaching issue.
 Effects of chemicals on environment
Many tend to be gases and liquid
hydrocarbons, which readily vaporize and
pollute the air.
Many are flammable and explosive.
Ex: Cancer Alley, Louisiana
 State of California
Did you Know..as of 2003, 1 billion plastic
water bottles per year entered the state's
landfills
 PET(Polycarbonate Plastic)
Polycarbonate plastic bottles and containers
are identified by the plastic recycling symbol
#7.
This is used for a wide variety of plastics and
plastic mixtures
 Production of PET
Making a kilogram of PET, which is enough for
around 30 one-liter plastic bottles, takes
around 3 liters of petroleum.
More energy is then required to turn that PET
into bottles, to filter, to ozonate or purify
water.
 Work Cited
Information
Dangers of Plastic Water Bottles. Livestrong.com. 2011. 14 Feb. 2011.

Gleick, Peter H. Bottled and Sold: The story behind our obsession with bottled water.
Washington: Island Press, 2010.

Water Bottle Toxins. Labour Environmental Alliance Society. 2005. 16 Feb. 2011.

What are the harmful effects of plastic? Answers.com: Wiki Answers. 2011. 14 Feb.
2011.
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