Ban the plastic water bottle

Paul had a post on FIJI bottled water awhile back, and I echo sentiments to just say no - but not just to FIJI water, but ALL bottled water!  Millions of water bottles go into the trash everyday.  In addition to taking up valuable landfill space, they leak toxic additives into the groundwater.  And they take 1,000 years to biodegrade. Here's more info:  Most water brands are packaged in a plastic derived from crude oil, polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Those containers are then transported on diesel-burning trucks—or shipped in from exotic destinations like Fiji, generating greenhouse gases. "It's the most environmentally egregious way to distribute water," says Jennifer Gitlitz of the Container Recycling Institute, which found that only 14 percent of single-serving PET water bottles were recycled nationwide in 2004. So please, please, please, stop drinking bottled water!  And if you must drink bottled water, then at least recycle.  (Steps off soapbox.)

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