Hydro Water Brochure-0225 - Flipbook - Page 11
ONLY
31% of
ONLY
8.7% of
glass bottles
get recycled.1
BY 2050,
there could be 1 lb of
plastic for every 3 lbs
of 昀椀sh in our oceans.3
plastic bottles
get recycled!1
OF PLASTIC
昀氀ood our oceans annually.2
10 MILLION
METRIC TONS
of glass that Americans
throw away actually gets
recycled.4
5+ MILLION
METRIC TONS
Only 1/3 of the roughly
It takes 3X more
water to produce a
plastic bottle than
it does to actually
昀椀ll it.6
Only 40% of
glass recycling is
actually accepted
at material
recovery facilities.5
20+ MILLION
barrels of oil are burned each year just
to manufacture and ship plastic water
bottles. That’s a whole lot of fuel for
something we use once and toss.7
The good news? Consumers are
catching on! More people are
ditching single-use bottles in favor
of sustainable alternatives.
Make the switch, make a difference.
Sources:
1. EPA, 2024 | 2. UNESCO, 2022 | 3. World Economic Forum, 2016 | 4. C&EN, 2025 |
5. Glass Packaging Institute, 2025 | 6. Foodprint, 2020 | 7. Paci昀椀c Institute, 2007
