While the impact of single use plastic on marine ecosystem has been well documented, the impact of plastic on soil is even more detrimental. 

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Microplastics from single use plastic often enter sewage. This sewage is used as fertiliser in fields aiding the entry of microplastic in soil.

While leaching of plastic causes release of BPA, which is carcinogeic, another catastrophic impact of leaching is its irrevertible damage caused to terrestrial fauna. 

Further, plastic in soil also has been known to cause decline in species maintaining fertility of land. For instance, plastic interferes with burrowing ability of earthworms.

Chlorinated plastic also has the potential to cause biomagnification across the food chain. 

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The bottom line is that a single use plastic water bottle has very low prospect of being reused and very high probability of ending up in a landfill.

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Glass, on the other hand, does not interfere with functioning of soil owing to its chemically inert nature and its high acceptance among general public as a reusable product in multiple ways.