Here's today's challenge:
Say no to bottled water and drink tap water. Buy a refillable, washable bottle to use instead. More than 150 billion liters of bottled water are sold worldwide every year. This contributes significantly to landfill and transport emissions. To learn more about the environmental impact of bottled water, please click here. To eliminate undesirable chemicals and additives in your drinking water, purchase a low cost filtering system. Did you know that the Grand Canyon has banned disposable bottles in the park?
See you tomorrow ...
WE'RE CHANGING THE WORLD ... ONE CHALLENGE AT A TIME!
Ive been a fan of Oregon tap water for eons :) it's amazing how the media has taught us water has to taste a certain way. I dont have a brita and my water goes into a kleen kanteen (no bpa in lining). Strongly encourage folks Not to buy plastic water bottles - even without BPA in those, other plastic chems are absorbed into the body -will plus of course they're made from petroleum. :(
ReplyDeleteWe just moved from Washington state to the Midwest - so your post is very timely - we have someone coming today to talk to us about whole house filtration systems. We always used tap water in reusable bottles before (WA), but after reading the municipal water quality reports here (and identifying what the federal waivers are - asbestos, dioxin and glyphosate) we now how to up our game! The link you provided is really helpful. I didn't know reverse osmosis does not remove VOCs.
ReplyDeleteLove this challenge! Go Grand Canyon! ;)
ReplyDeleteOh if our water was only drinkable. We HAVE to buy bottled water for about $2.25 a 20 liter bottle. Not so bad because we filter even that water. Doing this challenge right along with you!
ReplyDeleteI live in Oregon too and have wonderful tap water! We do filter in the kitchen because our city water has tested at high levels of lead and we don't want to take the risk.
ReplyDeleteThe kids take reusable water bottles to school (klean kanteen) and we all take them when out and about or traveling. I see no good reasons to buy bottled water here. Ever.
I am thrilled that the Grand Canyon won't be selling bottled water any more. I just hope that more people opt to not bring them in to the park as well!
I pledged to be water-bottle free a few years ago, and I have a very hard time drinking out of plastic water bottles, even when I have nothing else to drink and I'm thirsty. I was glad to find out that here at UCSC there's a movement called Take Back the Tap, which is trying to get rid of the sale of plastic single use water bottles on campus. It would be awesome if this movement spread all over the country and if stores just stopped selling plastic water bottles... If you're interested, here's their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Take-Back-the-Tap-UCSC/253056658070353
ReplyDeleteI have made a comment on my post:
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that in some cases bottled water is a necessary evil because of the evil powers-that-be.
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