Taking a Closer Look at The Bottled Water Industry

"60 million bottles a day... tossed into U.S. landfills, where they can take up to 1,000 years to biodegrade... producing those bottles burns through 1.5 million barrels of crude oil annually --enough fuel to keep 100,000 cars running for a year."

[excerpted from"Tap vs. Bottled–What Should You Drink?"]

Dear Reader,

Pardon me for taking up your valued time, but the issue of bottled water has grown to be such a huge environmental impact issue that I felt I could no longer ignore it and feel that I must make some effort to spread the word. Bottled water is basically a huge corporate profit center that has nothing to do with water purity and everything to do with the bottom line.

Find out the real story by reading any or all of these articles:

"Is America's $8 Billion Bottled Water Industry a Fraud?"
" Message in a Bottle"
"Aquafina labels to spell out source - tap water"

More general information about bottled water can be found here:

I hope you will join me in taking the Think Outside the Bottle pledge to opt for tap water over bottled water and support public water. Take the Think Outside the Bottle pledge here:

Weaning yourself off that bottle is easier than you think!
- If you dislike the taste or smell of your tap water, get a Brita or Pur home filter for your tap or refrigerator.
- Install a higher end home water filter system if you are really worried about water quality. Read more about all kinds of water filters here:
- Read your local water quality reports to separate fact from fiction. Check to see if yours is listed online.
- Travelling and want to bring water with you? Fill up a couple of sports water bottles from your own filtered water supply and either refrigerate or freeze them.
- Keep refillable sports bottles in your gym bag (check out Klean Kanteens) and refill them at the gym. It takes an extra minute and you can feel good about not creating another piece of landfill that won't break down for 1,000 years.

Thanks for taking the time to read this message and think about the issue.

Rebecca