RezeroLab Data

Bottled water

Data from Catalunya

Despite the perfect sanitary and organoleptic qualities of tap water in practically all parts of the country, the consumption of bottled water continues to be the chosen option in many homes.


If we compare tap water with bottled water, we observe that tap water manages to greatly reduce the environmental impact, since the impacts derived from transportation are reduced, resources are not consumed for the manufacture of the container, thus reducing the impact derived from the management of packaging waste.

Evolution of the quantity of non-carbonated bottled water consumed per capita in Catalonia

Source:Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
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Despite the fact that water bottles are a dispensable type of waste, with a very short useful life and with high environmental impacts that are increasingly known by the population, the consumption of bottled water in Catalonia has increased by 30% since 2010.
In 2023, the average consumption stood at 88 kg/inhabitant/year and represented a market volume of 137 million euros in Catalonia.