Think Outside the Bottle Westminster College is challenging its
students to Think Outside the Bottle. Think Outside the Bottle
is a national Campaign to challenge the corporate control over
water and promote the use of tap water nationwide. Because: we
as a country purchase 37 billion bottles of water each year.
Because: it takes 47 million gallons of oil to produce enough
plastic water bottles for American consumers alone Because: we
at Westminster currently help fuel this industry by purchasing
about 51,120 bottles of water each year. This means that
Westminster as an institution wastes about 255,600oz of water
and 500 gallons of oil per year in order to manufacture the
bottles water we purchase. Because: eliminating these habits
would be like taking 100,000 cars off the road and 1 billion lbs
of CO2 out of the atmosphere as well as keep billions of dollars
in our pockets. Because: America throws away 86% of all bottled
water consumed regardless of recycling programs. This means that
31 billion bottles of w