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14 June, 2007

UAE second largest consumer of bottled water

The UAE is the world's second largest consumer of drinking bottled water in 2006, according to a National Geographic report.
The report put Italy on the lead with 203 litres per person, followed by the UAE at 197 litres, and Mexico (191 litres) while the USA ranked tenth with 104 litres. to the report, the world demand for bottled water surged from 28 billion gallons in 2000 to 47 million in 2006. The report lamented a lack of public awareness to the importance of recycling bins. "U.S, drinkers toss 60 million plastic water bottles a day," it said. Source

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I would be really surprised if it wasn't; gosh outside is 53'