Why Metro Vancouver has a Tap Water Campaign
- Metro Vancouver is committed to reducing bottled water use by 20% by 2010 to reduce the environmental impact of bottled water
- Millions of single-use plastic water bottles (one litre or smaller) ended up in our region's landfills in 2007
- We want to provide a tangible way for residents to support a sustainable practice – using refillable water containers instead of single-use plastic water bottles
We have high quality drinking water
Metro Vancouver’s tap water is arguably some of the best drinking water in the world, and it costs you only about $0.8 per 1,000 litres, or $0.0008 per litre. A single-use one litre bottle of water can cost you as much as $1.75 a litre.
When you buy a bottle of water, you’re buying more than a bottle of water
The total amount of energy embedded in our use of bottled water can be as high as the equivalent of filling a plastic bottle one quarter full with oil.
- It takes 3 litres of water to produce 1 litre of bottled water
- The production and transportation of bottled water contributes to greenhouse gas emissions
- Even if the bottle is recycled, more energy is needed to reuse the plastic