I have been arguing this for years, but bottled water consumption in a place like St. John’s is totally needless.

Some large corporation is making billions off your cost-of-bottled-soda purchases.

Furthermore people are spending ridiculous amount of money on something that is better provided for free. Especially in St. John’s where tap water is clean, healthy, and delicious.

Has it occurred to bottled water buyers that Memorial University stopped vending bottled water for a reason?

Check out this infographic to get an idea what you are getting yourself into when you drink bottled water.

Key points:

• Bottled water is 10,000 times more expensive than tap water (when it isn’t already free)
• 40% of bottled water is nothing more than tap water
• Bottled water often does not meet health standards
• Bottled water is not tested for e. coli
• Bottles are wasteful, very few are actually recycled.

Gregory Rants Bottled water, Memorial University, St. John's