Stop buying bottled water, juice and soft drink, 317°

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Single-use plastic bottles have been identified as a common oceanic pollutant by the research vessel Alguita (see http://orvalguita.blogspot.com/).

Drink it once. Throw it away. That single-use bottle will be in existence for 500 years, maybe longer. Plastics break down eventually, but only into small pieces of plastic.

Take a stand, and buy a re-usable drinking bottle. Stop buying plastic-packaged soft drink, juice, water and energy drinks.

There's nothing healthy about a polluted planet with plastic-dumped seas.

7 comments about this action

Charles M.

If you must, filter your own. eg:http://www.durand.com.au/ and fill your own bottles.

Much cheaper in the long run and very little environmental impact.

in July

Timothy H.

One of my favorite issues. I agree with Charles. See www.friendsofwater.com/Bottled_Water.html for more information. The best answer is to filter your home water and use your own bottles.

in July

Gotthard K.

Water, and particularly the free access to it is a basic human right and must not be a political desaster! Already now everywhere it is by regulation and selling off this valuable asset to bulk prices in order to refill it to the beverage industry and others.

in July

Binary Blonde

I love my Kleen Kanteen's - I have them in all sizes and, depending on the activity, use the appropriate one.

in August

Matthew W.

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in August

Christy D.

Have my Brita in the fridge, so I have cold water. If I'm going for a hike or bike ride, I freeze the water in an resealable container that I can carry w/me. The water stays cold most of the day, and helps keep other food cold.

in September

Adam M.

It takes 4 bottles of water to make the plastic for one water bottle. It costs 4,000 times more than tap water and 80% of water bottles never get recycled.

in September