If you are looking for eco friendly water bottles, shop for glass. They are reusable, shatter resistant and do not leach contaminants. Plastics are never the best choice.
The popularity of plastic containers is somewhat amazing when you think about it. Nothing tastes as good after it has been stored in plastic. Yet, most of us eat and drink out of plastic containers every day. Then, we throw them away.
24% is the current recycling rate in the US. So, while you might recycle a bottle, at least three other people are throwing theirs in the regular trashcan. Don’t stop recycling. Just ask your friends to recycle, too. And, while you’re at it, try to create less trash in your home. It isn’t that hard to do.
Most people don’t like the taste or the smell of tap water, but drinking it is the most environmentally minded option. It is also the most economical, costing less than 10% of the cost of buying bottled.
If you install a home purifier and buy eco friendly water bottles made of glass, you can have something great tasting and economical in your kitchen, at all times. You can carry them with you wherever you go.
You’ll never need to buy another bottle of Dasani or Aquafina. Buying from those companies doesn’t make sense, anyway. They use public sources. They may run it through a reverse osmosis system, but that doesn’t make it any better than what comes out of your tap.
Reverse osmosis is old technology that does not remove the chemicals that are so prevalent in today’s surface and groundwater. The technology was designed to remove dirt, particles, sand and minerals. Traces of minerals are actually good for our health and more satisfying to our taste buds. De-mineralized or distilled waters taste stale.