When our plastic bottles reach for the sky!

Introduction

Once upon a time, there was a mountain that was a bit unusual in that it was made entirely of plastic, and it just kept growing and growing. No knight in shining armor, no fairy could stop it from growing, minute after minute!

As you can see, this is no children's story, but a reality that concerns us all.

The impact of plastic

Plastic is everywhere. It wraps our food, preserves our drinks and is even in our clothes.

Every minute, almosta million plastic bottles are sold around the world. If we were to put them end to end, we could encircle the Earth 4 times... every year.

Comparing our bottle towers with our monuments and world summits

Have you ever marveled at the grandeur of the Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty or the Burj Khalifa Tower in Dubai?

How long do you think it would take to reach the same height using one person's consumption of plastic bottles?

1 year of plastic bottle consumption for a single person

365 1.5-litre bottles

111 metres

>= Statue of Liberty (93 m)

13 kg of plastics

250 €

3 years of plastic bottle consumption for a single person

1095 1.5-litre bottles

334 meters

>= Eiffel Tower (320 m)

39 kg of plastics

750 €

10 years of plastic bottle consumption for a single person

3650 1.5-litre bottles

1113 meters

>= Burj Khalifa (828 m)

128 kg of plastics

2500 €

 

 

44 years for a single person consuming plastic bottles

16,060 1.5-litre bottles

4898 meters

>= Mont Blanc (4809 m)

565 kg of plastics

11 081 €

 

53 years of plastic bottle consumption for a single person

19,345 1.5-litre bottles

5900 meters

>= Mount Kilimanjaro (5892 m)

681 kg of plastics

13 348 €

 

 

80 years of plastic bottle consumption for a single person

29,200 1.5-litre bottles

8906 meters

>= Everest (8849 m)

1028 kg of plastics

20 148 €

 

Reducing our footprint: the ÖKO EUROPE alternative

We have to opt for reusable containers like our ÖKO EUROPE ultra-filtering water bottle, which is also equipped with a patented nano-filtration system developed in conjunction with NASA. This removes all traces of pesticides, medicines, metals, viruses and bacteria...

Find out more on the following page: Technologies & laboratory analysis.

Our €29 filter has a service life of 400 liters (that's 0.0725 cents per liter).

Summary table

The table below highlights the impact of plastic water bottle consumption over several decades. Using two hypotheses - that of a single person and that of a couple - the table illustrates not only the total number of bottles consumed over different periods, but also the cumulative height they represent, the total weight in plastic, and the cost generated. These heights are compared with emblematic monuments, putting into perspective the impressive amount of waste we can produce by consuming these bottles on a daily basis.

This table also helps to raise financial awareness... 

Do you really want to spend €20,000 on polluting plastic bottles in your lifetime?

You can also read our article on the possible health risks of plastic bottles here.

Or buy our ultra-filtering flask here and join our community of over 10,000 customers.

Good aquatically,

The ÖKO EUROPE team