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Sales of single-use, pre-filled plastic water bottles have increased almost every single year for more than a decade. In 2011, greater than US$11 billion was spent on bottled waterproducts in the United States alone. According to the World Counts, over 100 million plastic bottles are used each day. In 2017, The US spent $11.5 billion on bottled waters.^{citation needed]}The International Bottled Water Association(IBWA) states that people are increasingly relying on water bottles for convenience and portability. Only one in five single use plastic water bottles is recycled, according to The World Counts. As stated in Waterdocs, plastic bottles can take up to 450 years to decompose.

Metal water bottles are growing in popularity. Made primarily from stainless steelor aluminium(aluminum), they are durable, retain less odor and taste from previous contents than most plastic bottles, but can sometimes impart a metallic taste. Metal bottles thus often contain a resinor epoxyliner to protect contents from taste and odor transfer or corrosion.Although most liners are now BPA-free, older and less expensive models can contain BPA. Glass liners may also be used (see next subsection). Hydro Flask is a popular brand of stainless steel water bottles, and the products are vacuum insulated to maintain liquid temperatures.

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Because the manufacturing and transportation of disposable water bottles requires petroleum, a non-renewable resource, the single-serve bottled water industry has come under pressure from concerned consumers. According to The World Counts, it takes 3 liters of water to produce 1 bottle of water. According to Habits of Waste, only 9% of plastic water bottles are recycled.The Pacific Institute calculates that it required about 17 million barrels of oil to make the disposable plastic bottles for single-serve water that Americans consumed in 2006. To sustain the consumptive use of products relying on plastic components and level of manufactured demand for plastic water bottles, the end result is shortages of fossil fuels. Furthermore, it means not only a shortage of the raw materials to make plastics, but also a shortage of the energy required to fuel their production.

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