Comments on: New to being green…why do the commercials about water bottles say they are horrible for the environment? http://www.capecodgreencleaningsource.com/index.php/2010/02/new-to-being-green-why-do-the-commercials-about-water-bottles-say-they-are-horrible-for-the-environment/ Sharing Ideas for a Greener Cape Cod Sun, 09 Jan 2011 18:20:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: ♥thinkgreen lovepurple♥ http://www.capecodgreencleaningsource.com/index.php/2010/02/new-to-being-green-why-do-the-commercials-about-water-bottles-say-they-are-horrible-for-the-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-313 ♥thinkgreen lovepurple♥ Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:53:47 +0000 http://www.capecodgreencleaningsource.com/index.php/2010/02/new-to-being-green-why-do-the-commercials-about-water-bottles-say-they-are-horrible-for-the-environment/#comment-313 Yay, welcome to the green club :) First off, the 3 R's is Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. It's good that the plastic waterbottles we use are recyclable, but the most important thing is to reuse and reduce. Production takes energy, and a ton more plastic is still being used. And recycling takes energy as well. The best thing is to not have that plastic water bottle in the first place. When there are alternatives, why not? I'm trying to save plastic bottles for things like road trips. Second of all, there is a concern about the plastic in waterbottles. Plastic is made from chemicals, and there is a concern about BPA in water which is toxic and may cause cancer. This plastic has been found in baby bottles, sports bottles, containers, and more. Something to stay away from. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A Third of all, they can put practically anything in waterbottles. Brita is great, filtered water makes everything taste fresh. Tap water goes through much more testing and regulation than bottled water, as the government looks after this. And a lot of bottled water comes from your municipal supply anyways! http://www.rd.com/your-america-inspiring-people-and-stories/rethink-what-you-drink/article51807.html http://www.nrdc.org/water/drinking/nbw.asp Besides, tap water is way cheaper :) An important tip to going green is to reduce first. The reuse when necessary. If you can't, then the last thing to do is to recycle. Also, going green should save money, not cost more. So think before you buy. And the internet is a great resource. If you aren't thrilled about how unenvironmental a product is, just Google alternatives. I recommend the website http://pioneerthinking.com and greenliving. I also have a youtube channel with a bit of green vids on there. http://youtube.com/thinkgreenlovepurple :) Think green, love purple! Yay, welcome to the green club :)

First off, the 3 R’s is Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. It’s good that the plastic waterbottles we use are recyclable, but the most important thing is to reuse and reduce. Production takes energy, and a ton more plastic is still being used. And recycling takes energy as well. The best thing is to not have that plastic water bottle in the first place. When there are alternatives, why not? I’m trying to save plastic bottles for things like road trips.

Second of all, there is a concern about the plastic in waterbottles. Plastic is made from chemicals, and there is a concern about BPA in water which is toxic and may cause cancer. This plastic has been found in baby bottles, sports bottles, containers, and more. Something to stay away from.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A

Third of all, they can put practically anything in waterbottles. Brita is great, filtered water makes everything taste fresh. Tap water goes through much more testing and regulation than bottled water, as the government looks after this. And a lot of bottled water comes from your municipal supply anyways!
http://www.rd.com/your-america-inspiring-people-and-stories/rethink-what-you-drink/article51807.html
http://www.nrdc.org/water/drinking/nbw.asp
Besides, tap water is way cheaper :)

An important tip to going green is to reduce first. The reuse when necessary. If you can’t, then the last thing to do is to recycle. Also, going green should save money, not cost more. So think before you buy. And the internet is a great resource. If you aren’t thrilled about how unenvironmental a product is, just Google alternatives.
I recommend the website http://pioneerthinking.com and greenliving. I also have a youtube channel with a bit of green vids on there. http://youtube.com/thinkgreenlovepurple :)

Think green, love purple!

]]> By: whsgreenmom http://www.capecodgreencleaningsource.com/index.php/2010/02/new-to-being-green-why-do-the-commercials-about-water-bottles-say-they-are-horrible-for-the-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-312 whsgreenmom Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:46:45 +0000 http://www.capecodgreencleaningsource.com/index.php/2010/02/new-to-being-green-why-do-the-commercials-about-water-bottles-say-they-are-horrible-for-the-environment/#comment-312 A couple of things, bottled water isn't better than tap water. As a matter of fact some bottled water doesn't meet some state water standards for tap water. The bad things about bottled water are the use of plastics, transportation impacts and the ecological damage of pumping millions of gallons out of aquifers and other water sources. Several communities around the nation are suing Nestle and other water bottling companies because they are robbing them of their water supply. I'll put a few links. A couple of things, bottled water isn’t better than tap water. As a matter of fact some bottled water doesn’t meet some state water standards for tap water. The bad things about bottled water are the use of plastics, transportation impacts and the ecological damage of pumping millions of gallons out of aquifers and other water sources. Several communities around the nation are suing Nestle and other water bottling companies because they are robbing them of their water supply. I’ll put a few links.

]]> By: Bert1964 http://www.capecodgreencleaningsource.com/index.php/2010/02/new-to-being-green-why-do-the-commercials-about-water-bottles-say-they-are-horrible-for-the-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-311 Bert1964 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:26:36 +0000 http://www.capecodgreencleaningsource.com/index.php/2010/02/new-to-being-green-why-do-the-commercials-about-water-bottles-say-they-are-horrible-for-the-environment/#comment-311 Why o why are we still using plastic bottles? lets go back 30 to 35 years ago. Our milk was delivered in glass bottles and then placed outside to be collected by the milkman to re-use. Soft drinks like Coke,Sprite etc all came in glass bottles you did however have to pay 20 cents deposit for large and 5 cents for small bottles that was refundable at the shop upon return. Here is the kicker here if we were to start using glass again the Billions of plastic bottles used world wide would end up being recycled if they were glass. Why because even if you are not interested in getting you 20 cents back there are children and people not so fortunate as some who will collect these to receive the refund. Low and behold the end of the plastic bottles littering the whole planet. Why o why are we still using plastic bottles? lets go back 30 to 35 years ago.

Our milk was delivered in glass bottles and then placed outside to be collected by the milkman to re-use.

Soft drinks like Coke,Sprite etc all came in glass bottles you did however have to pay 20 cents deposit for large and 5 cents for small bottles that was refundable at the shop upon return.

Here is the kicker here if we were to start using glass again the Billions of plastic bottles used world wide would end up being recycled if they were glass.
Why because even if you are not interested in getting you 20 cents back there are children and people not so fortunate as some who will collect these to receive the refund.

Low and behold the end of the plastic bottles littering the whole planet.

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