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The US public uses about 50 billion water bottles a year and most of those 1. bottles are not recycled, according to Elizabeth Royte’s book Bottlemanid: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It.

More than $100 billion is spent every year on bottled water in the U.S. in many developing countries where there isn’t a safe 2. of tap water, bottled water is the only choice.

In the US, tap water is controlled by the government and often 3. for dangerous substances(物质). Each American drinks 79 litres of bottled water per year 4. . The bottled water industry is so successful that it has outpaced milk, coffee, and juice in the number of gallons of drinks sold – putting it behind only beer and soda.

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