English to Spanish Social Sciences Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.

Contexto: el consumo de agua embotellada en el mundo


In Greece, it is estimated that 1 billion plastic drinking water bottles are thrown away each year (BBC, 2005). In addition, the PET manufacturing process releases harmful chemical emissions that compromise air quality.
Where safe tap water is temporarily unavailable, bottled water can provide an effective short-term solution for meeting a population’s needs. But as noted above, the massive growth in sales of bottled water worldwide ***comes at a cost***. A better appreciation of how people value water may help us understand how the bottled water phenomenon is impacting society’s health, economic and environmental goals