Plastic bottles, mostly made from polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, make up 5.5 per cent of global plastic production.SINGAPORE — People in Singapore consume the most bottled water and spend the most on it per capita, far more than any other country, a recent report has found.
The United States, Indonesia and Malaysia ranked significantly lower in both per capita bottled water consumption and revenue compared with Singapore. Dr Corinne Ong and Dr Maki Nakajima, research fellows at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy's Institute for Environment and Sustainability at the National University of Singapore, said that high consumption of bottled water could be because of the prevalence and affordability of the commodity."In an affluent society, the willingness to pay for water among consumers is likely to be higher," they said in a joint reply to ST.
The UN think-tank's report also said that plastic used by the bottled water industry largely contributes to plastic pollution. By country, the largest market for bottled water is the US, with a total revenue of US$64 billion, followed by China at US$50 billion, and Indonesia at US$22 billion. Singapore ranks sixth, with bottled water revenue of approximately US$7.5 billion.
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