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Posted: 2023-03-17 02:11:56

Australia has the most expensive bottled water on the planet but that hasn't curbed consumer thirst for something people can get for practically free.

On average, Australians spent about $580 buying 504 litres of bottled water per person in 2021, according to a new United Nations report.

It is the world's second highest consumption rate, per capita, behind Singapore.

Australians are also paying vastly more than anywhere else.

The report shows bottled water costs an average of $5.40 per unit in Australia — almost double what it does in North America and Europe, and about four times what is charged in Asia and Africa.

Yet the Australian market is alive and well, with the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health reporting Australia as the 10th-fastest-growing national market in the world.

So why are Australians willing to pay dearly for a product that, according to Sydney Water, comes in well under 1 cent a litre and generates vast streams of waste? 

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