Michelle

= = =Focus Question: What can we do to stop using so many plastic water bottles?=

__Explain the Problem__: We are using way too many plastic water bottles when there are many alternatives. Even worse, when we use these bottles only about 1/5 get recycled! The rest end up in landfills, oceans, storm drains, etc. 48 million bottles thrown out every day!!! We can do something about this but we are not. Bottled water is just "purified tap water". Buy a filter! Save money and save the earth. There are many alternatives to using plastic water bottles.

This problem affects everyone who is a consumer of plastic water bottles (practically everyone). You, me, your neighbor, your grandpa Phil, your great aunt Bobara, ALMOST EVERYONE. We can all also make a difference. If you must use a plastic water bottle, recycle! It is just a different can! You think, I don't make a difference. You do. Every bottle counts. Use a stainless steel bottle! They are very safe and you will save money. Don't you want to save money?? Precious money that you can use on gasoline instead! Then you can refill the bottle from your tap! That will save you money like you wouldn't imagine! If you buy bottled water for the taste, I hate break it to you, but bottled water is just "purified" tap water. Check your labels, go online, or send a card to the water corporation if you don't believe me! **TAP WATER AND BOTTLED WATER ARE THE SAME WATER!!! ** Some plastic bottles have chemicals from when they were made. You are risking that these chemicals go in the water. Just always remember, you can make a difference! Save money. Save the Earth. Save yourself.


 * < Water bottles are being thrown out anywhere, polluting the Earth! **

= = =__**Don't Use Plastic Water Bottles**__= All over the world, we are using way too many plastic water bottles and you the consumer can do something to help. There are many alternatives to using plastic water bottles that are not expensive and will save you some cash. Every day about 48 million water bottles get thrown out. Forty eight million!!! That is 336000000 plastic water bottles per week! To make things worse, only about 1/5 get recycled. The other 4/5 end up in landfills, oceans, storm drains, etc. How would you like plastic bottles and trash all over your home? Yeah, not too much huh? If you want to save where you and other animals live: planet Earth, do not use plastic water bottles. Buy a filter! Buy a reusable water bottle! Do not use plastic water bottles or the "purified water" inside of it. Bottled water is tap water. It is proven. Go investigate if you do not believe me! Some water bottles state it on the label, others online. There is no reason to buy plastic water bottles when you can get tap water practically free. We can all make a difference. Save money and save the Earth. There are many alternatives.
 *  Look at all those water bottles! ---> **

We are using too many plastic water bottles in the world. A solution to this huge problem is using reusable water bottles. Stainless steel is the best. Stainless steel is easy to clean, durable, very sanitary, and it has no BPA, toxins, or lead. BPA is an organic compound with two phenol functional groups. It is used to make polycarbonate plastic, epoxy resins, etc. Stainless steel is also 100% recyclable because it is made with 60% recycled materials. Here are some examples of some really good stainless steel bottles: Klean Kanteen®, Triple C Sports®, New Wave Enviro Products®, etc. Triple C Sports® is stainless steel, no plastic, and you can put your favorite logo on the bottle. New Wave Enviro Products® started in 1993, so they have lots of experience, is stainless steel as well, and there are many different styles. Klean Kanteen® is picked best by consumers. It is the only bottle that says WHY it is made in China, the corporation's head people check every six months to make sure that the factory is safe and to see if the work conditions are fair, and Klean Kanteen's® paint is safe. The paint that they decorate the bottles with is nontoxic, lead-free, acrylic, safe. On the other hand, plastic water bottles cause pollution. If you reuse them, they release germs, which begin to break down the plastic bottle and eventually release chemicals from the plastic. If you really must use plastic bottles, recycle, but try not to use them though. Remember, you can fill up reusable stainless steel bottlesat home from your tap. After all, tap and bottled are the same water. Just don't use plastic water bottles! We have too much of those.  <---Look at these Klean Kanteen reusable water bottles. Aren't they beautiful???

We are using too many plastic water bottles when you can use something else like a reusable water bottle. I myself tried using a reusable stainless steel water bottle. It really saves you cash and room in your recycling bin. Before, I used to use about three water bottles a week! That is about twelve plastic bottles in a month. It sounds like a little but it is a lot for just one person. Now I take my stainless steel water bottle to school or wherever I go. It only cost me less than $10 and I have observed that my family doesn't have to buy so many plastic water bottles. If we do buy a case, it lasts us a lot longer than when we didn't have any reusable water bottles. Try it! Reusable water bottles also have more space for water than plastic water bottles. Lisa Ledwidge only drinks filtered tap water, “You’re spending more per gallon than you would on gasoline for this thing that you can get out of the tap virtually for free,” she says. “I wondered, Why am I spending this money while complaining about how much gas costs? But you don’t ever hear anyone complain about the price of bottled water.” -Lisa Ledwidge, 38, of Minneapolis. It's true! People complain about the huge gas prices, but you never hear them complain about the cost of bottled water. One case of bottled water is usually around $4. $4 is a gallon of gas these days!! If you stop buying case after case of bottled water, imagine how much money you could save to use on expensive gas! If you don't use plastic water bottles, you can also save space in your recycling bin because everyone needs more room to recycle! So as you can see, we are using way too manyplastic water bottles when there are many alternatives.

In conclusion, we are using too many plastic water bottles when there are many alternatives. All of you bottled water consumers need to stop buying bottled water. It is scientifically and clinically proven that bottled water and tap water are equally healthy and clean. There is no reason to waste money on something that you can get practically free. Why do you want to waste money? I thought money was precious and very needed these days. Imagine how much money you have spent buying water bottles. It is a lot of money huh? What I am trying to say (if you haven't noticed)

DON'T BUY BOTTLED WATER!! You are polluting the Earth, wasting money, and wasting resources. If you trash the Earth, your home, pretty soon, there will be no more room for us to live or enjoy the life we could have. We can fix this problem. This affects you the plastic water bottle consumer. This is your problem. We are using too many plastic water bottles when there are many alternatives.

**Look at the gas prices today! $4.29 is the cheapest gas you will find! --->**

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