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Bottled Water is bad for the environment?
Posted by Chris on August 13, 2007 - 4:27pm.
Another story I saw over a digg via the New York Times:
So I am wondering...what should we do about the problem?
From the NY TIMES:
"All that discarded plastic also bothers Barbara Kancelbaum, a freelance writer in Park Slope. “It’s not like the bottles that carry water are worse than bottles carrying Pepsi,” said Ms. Kancelbaum, 42, who was so moved by the sight of overflowing garbage cans in Prospect Park that she posted an antibottled water message on an online bulletin board for local mothers. “The problem is that the water industry has exploded, so that there are many, many more bottles being used than there were before.”"
I tried to purchase a couple of reusable bottles for water last week and was very disappointed when they arrived. They are wide mouthed and bigger around than my Arrowhead water bottles that I purchase and reuse (which I know is not a good thing). I will keep searching for a design that fits my requirements because I really want to do the right thing for the environment. I am now trying to get my family to stop buying water in bottles and will share my new-found reusable water bottle knowledge with them, once I have it!
Yes we all know that there are WAY too many water bottles being used, and they overrated or maybe even underrated? Well when I was in CO, our ProStart class took to a trip to Denver for a trade show. A trade show , its where all kinds of company’s and businesses get together to show off all their new products, to see how much people like them and if there is any interest in buying it at all. Since this was a trip with our cooking class it was all new cooking/food related products. We were all going around and getting all the free products and samples booths were giving out. And one of the booths handed a us water bottles. We were kind of just like, what is so new about a water bottle right? He informed us that this wasn’t just any kind of other water bottle; the water bottle itself was biodegradable. The bottle is made out of corn instead of oil. And when it is put under the right conditions it can be gone in 12 weeks. Not bad huh?
http://www.biotaspringwater.com/
http://www.mysigg.com/index.asp?PageAction=COMPANY
am i about to find out it will make me really sick and that is bad for the environment. i hope not!
I agree, I was really excited when I bought my Sigg. Even though it is not as 'friendly' as the plastic bottles, it weighs the same and it keep water cool I had mine in the car (over 100) and when I put cool water in it, it immediately was cool again.
Supposedly these are very safe. I learned about mine on The Lazy Environmentalist show a few months back.
I even got a kids bottle for my 5 year old!
I saw something on the news how Poland Springs is coming out with a bottle that uses half the plastic. I didn't catch all of it but maybe someone else did?
I did find this on abcnews.com
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