-- Use a canvas sack for groceries and a steel water bottle instead of toss -
away plastic water bottles.
Take
away my plastic water bottles & we'll need more water fountains & fix some nasty old plumbing in many cities.
Collapsible Water Bottle: We try to avoid throw -
away plastic water bottles at all costs, but sometimes this is tough when traveling, especially when you have limited room in your carry - on.
Not exact matches
We think it's perfectly okay that to ingest the
water we need, we throw
away three
plastic bottles a day.
So a reverse osmosis filter (the only one I'm aware of that removes fluoride completely or virtually completely) is a good idea or drinking spring
water but stay
away from
plastic bottles as not only are they horrifically unsustainable and bad for our health, but BPA has an effect on hormones and can be very bad for thyroid health.
Hello Elizabeth, In the article it mentions staying
away from
plastics, Bisphenol A (found in polycarbonate
plastic and epoxy resin specifically, does that mean avoiding
plastic straws, storage of food products in Rubbermaid containers and drinking
bottled water?
The problems they chose included students throwing
away uneaten food, using
plastic water bottles instead of reusable
bottles, and discarding paper instead of erasing mistakes.
Almost 50 billion (yes BILLION)
plastic water bottles are thrown
away each year!
But it does bring to mind a long list of prohibitions — don't buy take
away food in
plastic containers; don't buy
water in
plastic bottles (carry your own re-usable
bottle) and don't pick the fynbos.
If we can manufacture throw -
away plastic soda
bottles, we can manufacture pumped
water cooling systems at similar prices.
Stay
away from anything designed for a single - use by purchasing higher quality, more durable items that will last many years: rechargeable batteries, woven totes instead of
plastic grocery bags, metal cutlery and ceramic dishware, refillable
water bottles — wherever you can make the switch, go durable.
If you've got friends or family that are using
water bottles once and then throwing them
away, take this opportunity to talk to them about the long - term impacts of
plastics.