Buying a bottle of water is a gesture that we think is harmless and trivial. But buying it has a cost, and not just a financial one. Beyond the price of the bottle, there is the environmental cost, which is far from negligible.
Let's talk about money: a bottle of water costs an average of €1. It could be cheaper, but that's the European average. If a person consumes 1 bottle a day, that's almost €400 a year! Where tap water costs 0.3 cents, or 25 times less.
Over 5 or 10 years, it costs thousands of euros to drink water that is often of average quality, and contributes to exposing nature and living creatures to more and more microplastics. Why not save this money or invest it in something more interesting and less polluting?
A good solution might be to invest in a water filter and buy reusable bottles. Even if a filter from a well-known brand requires an initial investment, it will last for years and, in the end, cost you much less than buying bottled water, while doing your bit for the planet. Not to mention the fact that your water will be of better quality than plastic bottles, whose successive scandals prove just how questionable their quality can be.
So do your sums, compare the cost of buying bottled water with that of filtered water, take into account your contribution to the environment and you'll certainly be convinced that it's time to invest in a British Berkefeld® system!
