Bottled water and the environment: have you ever thought about it?2
Life cycle analysis assesses all the interactions a product has with the environment over its entire lifespan and thus evaluates its every single impact on the environment. A study comparing tap water with bottled water assessed the energy needed for production and CO2 emissions.
1Source: processing of Legambiente data, Regioni imbottigliate 2018 and Ellen MacArthur Foundation, The new plastic economy 2016.
2Source: Bottled Water Reporter 2019, Mineracqua 2018, The Guardian, Legambiente Acque in bottiglia 2018.