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Green living → Recycling
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    Fossil fuels and energy are required to manufacture and transport plastic bottles to their destination. Taking both of these factors into account, the Pacific Institute in 2006 estimated that the amount of crude oil used to make a plastic bottle is one-quarter the volume of the bottle.

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    Pacific Institute

    Resilience Science

    Resource:

    Pacific Institute: Bottled Water and Energy Fact Sheet

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