Do you drink bottled water? I bet at least half of you are chugging one right now or have one sitting on your desk. Ladies and Gentlemen, I think we have been ripped off. The bottled water market in America is worth over $10 Billion!
Have you ever had Evian water? Spell it backwards. N-A-I-V-E.
Our obsession with buying high priced water in a bottle is contributing to global warming. The energy that goes into making a bottle of water is astounding. To produce 31.2 billion liters of water for America’s bottled water market took approximately 17.6 million barrels of oil!
Additionally, our landfills are overflowing with plastic waste. Bottled water produces up to 1.5 million tons of plastic waste per year, and not even 20% of bottles actually get recycled!
Most bottled water is extra purified tap water (which is already purified). It is not any healthier!
So, I propose that we drink at least a couple less bottles per week.
Here are alternatives:
-Use a Brita filter. Easy, cost effective and your tap water gets purified and tastes great.
-Get a reusable bottle. SIGG makes great aluminum ones. And Kleen Kanteen makes great stainless steel ones.
-Simply drink from the tap!
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