Glancing down a grocery aisle, bottled water looks so tempting. The beautiful graphics of green trees, exotic water from Fiji or France… it looks so healthy. It’s easy to be duped by this misleading advertising.
The bottled water industry is an environmental termite. When you’re drinking a bottle of water, you’re consuming approximately 1/2 of that bottle in oil – talk about hurting your Carbon Footprint!
Why is bottled water so bad?
While I’ve converted to Nalgene/Stainless steel containers & reusable cups, I’ll admit there are places where tap isn’t desirable. If I journey south of the US border, I won’t be risking Montezuma’s Revenge. After I run the 10-mile Broad Street Run, I won’t be turning down that bottled water until I get to my own tap.
In the meantime, here’s some ways to green your water consumption:
Still not convinced? London (Ontario) just passed a ban to stop selling bottled water… the trend’s catching on!
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