The Facts About Bottled Water [INFOGRAPHIC]
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With the global water crisis, can you really buy bottled water in good faith? These facts that might make you think twice before buying bottled water.
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Great graphic, really hits you. The testing/reporting info is new to me.
Unfortunately there are many places in the world where bottled water is the only option for clean drinking. But I’d never buy one in the States.
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Loved this post. Bottled water in the US is a joke and why anyone would buy it is beyond me???
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I agree with Michelle, this is incredible. I knew I detested water bottles for a reason.
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The way forward is to drink spring water you collect yourself! It’s clean, free, delicious and really good for you:)
Awesome website http://www.findaspring.com where you can locate springs near you and add any you know of!
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A friend of mine works as assistant supervisor for public works tasked with administering the local recycling program. A few eye opening things he told me:
The market is so flooded for re-using plastic bottles, that burning them for energy is deemed more cost effective (and earth-friendly) than “recycling” them.
The vast majority of those bottles are for water.
Using glass bottles for water would be great–even if you couldn’t find a buyer for the recycled glass, municipalities/states can easily grind them up for use in the creation of roads (ever wonder why your street sometimes “glitters” in the sunlight?)
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