Tendencies towards bottled drinking water consumption: Challenges ahead of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste management.

The main objective of this study was to investigate the logics behind tendencies towards bottled drinking water usage in spite of availability of treated tap water. The amount of waste bottle is also estimated in Iran and managing principles for resolving the issue presented. A questionnaire was used to survey the logics behind tendencies toward bottled drinking water consumption among 120 participants.