How Green Is Your Bottled Water?

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Everyone knows that they should drink plenty of clean water every day, and in first world nations access to drinking water is not an issue. Even so, people spend a small fortune each year to purchase bottled water instead of drinking what comes out of their tap. Worse, few people know where their bottled water comes from or consider the ecological impact it carries.

Bottle Blues

Every year about 1.5 million tons of plastics are used to bottle water. Aside from the landfill nightmare involved, there are the costs of making the bottles, transporting the water and packaging to be considered. While the World Wildlife Fund suggests rinsing and reusing the bottles to decrease the number reaching landfills, doing so increases the quantity of pthalates that leach into the water stored in the bottle.

Where Does it Come From?

An equally important question is where does that bottle of water come from? A remarkably large number of bottlers simply put tap water in bottles. Sometimes the water is additionally filtered or has additives included in the form of additional vitamins or minerals, but often not. Many companies make false claims as to where the water comes from, and few provide their customers with good information so they can make an informed choice.

Is it Better?

Of course the real question is whether or not bottled water is in some way superior to tap water. All studies indicate that it is not, and in fact, sometimes it is worse. Add in the cost to both your pocketbook and the environment and it is hard to justify purchasing bottled water in any but the most extreme circumstances.

What Should You Do?

Invest in a few high quality BPA-free plastic or aluminum bottles. Get a good tap water filter. Filter your own water and use your own bottles. Not only is this the least expensive options, residential water filters can remove some things that municipal water treatment facilities can't, making your drinking water that much safer.

About the Author:
Michael Rupkalvis works with the LedBulbsandLights website. The site features a variety of different types of environmentally-friendly LED products, including 4ft LED Tube Lights and other LED bulbs.



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