How much water is in prison in our world?

Abstract

The hydrological cycle describes the continuous movement of water above and below the Earth's surface. This cycle includes the journey of water from the oceans and seas to the atmosphere, from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, and back to the seas and oceans.  This term reflects the fact that Earth's water resources neither increase nor decrease over time. Is the hydrological cycle sustainable today? Could it be delayed due to unnatural processes?

We want to emphasize in this article concerns “liquids in bottles that are discarded”, this is a concern for every individual and whose use has increased relatively in the last 100 years and continues to do so. Changing this practice is the responsibility of every individual.

When we were about to throw away the last quarter liter of drinks, we realized that there was liquid in them (like fresh water and cola in plastic bottles). What should we do? We poured the fresh water into the flowers and the cola into the sink. We could estimate how long that water would remain trapped in plastic bottles. About 200 years. We have always paid attention to this since then, if it becomes more widespread, it will affect all foods containing liquid. Ice left in cold drinks, water wasted with meals... We got very interesting answers when we asked our students. What do you do with the liquids left in plastic bottles? Some give them to aquariums, some to flowers.The total number of people who have lived (and continue to live) in the last 100 years is ~100-110 billion individuals (8.2 billion of them are still alive). How many of these individuals discard plastic bottles containing potable water? Moreover, plastic, which has entered human society in recent years, has another negative effect on natüre, i.e. the lack of decomposition These plastic bottles trap potable water. The question to be answered concerns how much water a person may waste by entrapment in plastic bottles throughout their lifespan? The answer is likely to be a staggering amount!Isn't throwing water in the trash a temporary interruption to the water cycle? Which is more important -  freeing water or recycling plastic bottles.

Come on, let's recycle plastic bottles from now on, and free the water inside them to nature.