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Welcome to my blog!

I have taken it upon myself to start up this blog and try to educate the consumer on the subject of bottled water.

Americans spent nearly $11 billion last year on bottled water, making it the nations' second-favorite beverage, after soft drinks. To meet the consumer need for this water, it takes 1.5 million barrels of oil--enough to fuel 100,000 cars for a year--to make this plastic.

To make this worse, bottled water produces 1.5 million tons of plastic waste per year. Only 1 out of 5 water bottles makes it to the recycle bin. Most bottles end up in landfills adding to the landfill crisis.

Here is a film from you-tube animating water bottle recycle rates...

Why do we need to go out and buy bottles of water when we can just get it from our sink? That is a great question. Bottled water is no healthier than tap water. In theory, bottled water in the US falls under the regulatory authority of the FDA, but, because most of it never crosses state lines for sale, it becomes exempt from FDA oversight. Marketers would love for us to believe that bottled water comes from majestic alpine peaks, and that you will be a more beautiful

healthy person if you drink bottled water...but it's just not true!!!

Don't believe the hype! You can make a difference!I've started using re-usable water bottles like these...

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If you do insist on using water bottles please remember to use one of these...