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This is for the Dasani page, should go at the end of what is currently up.

Filtration and Purification Process
This filtration process consists of a multi-barrier treatment system using disinfecting, reverse osmosis, and nanofiltration to remove impurities. Coca-Cola claims that this process provides a consistent taste, though the content within the bottles may vary across the world, depending on their source, despite often testing to ensure they meet FDA standards for purified water. Some states allow bottled water plants to meet the EPA’s Safe Drinking Water Act instead of the FDA’s standards for purified water, so not even all Dasani bottles may be held to the same standard. It has been found that bottled water, Dasani included, may be no cleaner than tap water.

Environmental Issues
Dasani sources water from municipal tap water in California locations, even during drought years. Coca-Cola is not required to report how much tap water it processes and bottles at these plants. Bottled water is an exception to the rule about how much water can be taken out of the Great Lakes Basin. Bottled water takes extra energy to produce from filtration, production of bottles, and transportation costs.

Financial Inequity in Detroit
Though Detroit has shut off water supply to homes more than $150 behind in their municipal water bills, Dasani plants in Detroit have been in tens of thousands of dollars behind on their municipal water bills and still received municipal water. The amount of money the US spends on bottled water could be used to build three times the water infrastructure needed to deliver clean water around the world.

Aluminum Bottles and Cans
In the summer of 2019, Coke announced that Dasani will become available in aluminum cans. This new line began in the Northeast US in September, and should spread through the rest of the US in 2020. This will not entirely replace their production of plastic bottles. Whether this is environmentally beneficial can be argued: aluminum is more often and more efficiently recycled, but producing one aluminum can produces 1,300g carbon dioxide emissions, which is much more than the 330g it takes to produce one plastic bottle of the same size. Less power is needed to transport and refrigerate canned beverages, which reduces the carbon footprints of cans. Additionally, 69% of aluminum cans are recycled worldwide, but less plastic packaging is recycled.

PureFill
In 2019, Coke announced Dasani Purefill, a program in which customers can refill their bottles with filtered water for free. Adding flavors or carbonation will cost extra. This is predicted to reduce the number of bottles used.

PlantBottle
Coke released a Dasani bottle composed of both plants and recycled plastic, which they say will reduce their plastic bottle production by 1 billion plastic bottles over the next 5 years. This PlantBottle is still recyclable, just like PET plastic. The composition of this bottle will be up to 50% recycled plastic, up to 30% plants , and new plastic. This makes Coca-Cola the largest bioplastic user in the world. Coca-Cola plans to eventually switch to 100% bio-plastic bottles.

Carbon Footprint
Having multiple bottling water facilities across the world reduces energy used for transportation. Cans have a larger carbon footprint than plastic bottles, so this switch to aluminum cans may overall increase Dasani's carbon footprint.

=== "How2Recycle" Labels === In 2020, Dasani will premier new labels for their bottles with instructions on recycling, referred to as "How2Recycle" labels. The "How2Recycle" label was invented by the Sustainable Packaging Coalition and GreenBlue, and can already be found on other products.

Health Issues and Water Contaminants
Dasani water has been found to contain thousands of microplastics. Microplastics may be linked to diabetes, heart disease, obsesity, cancer, reproductive problems, and attention deficit disorder.

Grand Canyon
Plastic bottles account for 30% of the waste in the Grand Canyon, where Dasani water is the water sold by the parks. The National Parks Service considered banning plastic bottles in the park, but Coca-Cola blocked the ban. The Grand Canyon officially banned bottled water in 2012.