With so many issues affecting our environment, I was unsure of what to write this week, as I was sitting in class wondering of how to motivate others to care for their environment, I noticed that a lot of my class mates had plastic bottled waters.
I think sometimes people like to believe that buying plastic water bottles and then recycling them makes it all better. Truth is that only 1 out 5 can be recycled. That means 80% are thrown out and end up...
Think you should buy bottled water because it's "healthier"? Well then the marketing gurus are doing their job, by adding "spring water" or "majestic alpine peaks" to the labels, we believe we're drinking cleaner water. Bottled water is just water. Water privatization is not only hurting animals but restricting a basic human right to those oceans away.
What can you do?
There's a simple alternative to bottled water: buy a reusable water bottle, and use it. Don't like the way your local tap water tastes? Inexpensive carbon filters will turn most tap water sparkling fresh and save you money.
So think, every time you spend more than $2/bottle, remember where it will end up. More than a million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals die every year from plastic.
Unless you're planning on doing this,
just buy a reusable water bottle, save money and keep the plastic to yourself.
To learn more about how harmful plastic water bottles are to our environment, check out The Water Project.
