Bottled Water Boycott

It shouldn’t be a surprise by now that Bottled Water has become one of the biggest pollutants in our world, using 5 times as much water to produce 1 bottle than just drinking tap water. And the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) in the plastic itself is slowly poisoning you – so what’s the point?

Our Challenge to you is to Boycott Bottled Water – this means no buying it in shops or restaurants, here are some reasons why:

YOUR HEALTH:

• Plastic Bottles are made up of: Polycarbonates, Polypropylene, High-Density Polyethylene and Polyethylene Terephthalate (of course there are many variants)
• This is the effect on your body: asthma, birth defects, cancer, chronic bronchitis, deafness, diabetes, genetic changes, hyperactivity, indigestion, infertility, liver dysfunction, obesity, skin diseases, skin rashes, ulcers, vision failure
• Not only do you pay for this but you probably can’t tell the difference between Tap Water and Bottled Water

THE ENVIRONMENT:

• Bottled water produces up to 1.5 million tons of plastic waste per year
• That plastic requires up to 47 million gallons of oil per year to produce
• Over 80 percent of plastic bottles are simply thrown away and end up in Oceans and Landfill, thus releasing the poisonous chemicals in the plastic into the Earth
• Plastic waste in the Ocean is now at such a volume that the size of it is bigger than Texas!
• Thanks to increasing urbanization and population, shifting climates and industrial pollution, fresh water is becoming humanity’s most precious resource (and yet we ship water around the world)

ALTERNATIVES:

• Buy a stainless steel thermos, and use it instead of buying new Bottled water all the time
• Don’t like the way your local tap water tastes? Inexpensive carbon filters will turn most tap water sparkling fresh at a fraction of bottled water’s cost