The Story of Bottled Water

The Story of Bottled Water

We know that it’s healthy to drink more water, but all of those empty plastic bottles are an environmental nightmare! Annie Leonard from The Story of Stuff is taking on the bottled water industry with her newest video, The Story of Bottled Water:

Say no to bottled water.
Fortunately, there are lots of easy ways that we can “take back the tap!” Megan found a bunch of handy water purification systems, so that even if the tap water in your area isn’t stellar, you can feel safe drinking it.

If you do tend to get thirsty on the go, it’s easy as pie to grab a reusable bottle on the way out the door. While Sigg bottles used to contain BPA, the company’s new line is BPA free. If you’re still a little wary about Sigg, you might check out REI’s selection of BPA-free bottles.

If you want to get more active, check out Care2’s pledge to protect water quality. Over at The Story of Bottled Water, they have a list of ways you can take action, too!

Source: GO Media - Written by Becky Striepe - Image Credit: Creative Commons photo by Calliope

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written by George Fee , March 30, 2010
There are no bottles in South African that can be compostable as compostion requires a constant elevated temperature of 60 degrees and a highly microbial environment. These conditions only exist in industrial compounders; there are no such compounders in South Africa and only 97 in the UK. Hence the decission by the UK's biggest grocery chain TESCO to discontinue compostion as an environmental option. The only solution is to use HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) such as the 2 litre milk bottles as these can be made oxo-biodegradable and completely disappear in a couple of years instead of a couple f centuries.
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