Tap water is environmentally friendly and inexpensive.

In Germany, a litre of bottled water costs up to 500 times more than a litre of tap water – even though on average it is not of higher quality.

If you now also take the ecological balance into account, there are further arguments in favour of drinking water from the tap. Because quite apart from the mountains of plastic waste, even so-called returnable bottles first have to be processed at great expense and with high energy consumption.

Around seven litres of water are needed to fill and supply a 1-litre bottle of mineral water. The pollutant emissions during the transport of the bottles are almost even more significant, especially if they are even delivered from abroad.

There is no need to extract oil or produce plastic waste or CO2 to enjoy tap water. Against this background, tap water consumes much less energy and raw materials than bottled water.

Instead of lugging crates: The water bill opens up

Think briefly about how much energy and effort you need to supply yourself with bottled water at home. Even if you only drink 1.5 litres of water per day instead of the recommended 2 litres, a 3-person household will have a proud 1,642 litre bottles of water per year. This costs money. And effort.

Because 182 water crates have to be carried in total. From the supermarket into the car, then into the apartment. There you need space for storage. After use, you have to return all the bottles – and off you go again.