This is a no-brainer question if you know what goes into a bottled water and what we get from it… and I aint talking about the money bit here.. that is not even relevant when it comes to our grandkids! They may not be able to even drink clean water!<\/p>\n
\nIn summary, the manufacture and transport of that one kilogram bottle of Fiji water consumed 26.88 kilograms of water (7.1 gallons) .849 Kilograms of fossil fuel (one litre or .26 gal) and emitted 562 grams of Greenhouse Gases (1.2 pounds).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1517,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-environment"],"yoast_head":"\n
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