adele sent me an article the other day about bottled water and what a waste it is. and i cannot agree more.
i used to be good and drink out of a stale smelling nalgene in jc and college, where i could fill my bottle from the coolers in the library. then i started work at Bloomberg and the abundance of free bottles of Poland Springs made me unconsciously dump the big red perspex bottle for smaller disposable Poland Springs that would fit nicely into my work bag.
i also used to diligently filter tap water in the brita jug at home, but after moving i did not get a new one and so grabbing a couple of free bottles per day from the work kitchen became a little more convenient.
while the bottles are recyclable and bottled-water is relatively affordable, the energy spent in manufacturing, distributing, collecting and then recycling each bottle is far too high. and once you factor in the environmental costs, each bottle of water would be more like $3 not $1.50.
SO now it is time for change. especially since i claim and try to be green. i will go to patagonia (the store) this weekend and buy my self a hardy little nalgene and boycott bottled water unless absolutely necessary.
anyone want to join me?
and to hold me accountable, please ask me in two weeks how i've done.
i used to be good and drink out of a stale smelling nalgene in jc and college, where i could fill my bottle from the coolers in the library. then i started work at Bloomberg and the abundance of free bottles of Poland Springs made me unconsciously dump the big red perspex bottle for smaller disposable Poland Springs that would fit nicely into my work bag.
i also used to diligently filter tap water in the brita jug at home, but after moving i did not get a new one and so grabbing a couple of free bottles per day from the work kitchen became a little more convenient.
while the bottles are recyclable and bottled-water is relatively affordable, the energy spent in manufacturing, distributing, collecting and then recycling each bottle is far too high. and once you factor in the environmental costs, each bottle of water would be more like $3 not $1.50.
SO now it is time for change. especially since i claim and try to be green. i will go to patagonia (the store) this weekend and buy my self a hardy little nalgene and boycott bottled water unless absolutely necessary.
anyone want to join me?
and to hold me accountable, please ask me in two weeks how i've done.
Labels: bottled water, nalgene, poland springs
posted by jia en at 9:08 AM
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work at 731Lx also and felt the same way, let me know if you are successful - i don't think i could be, though I will say that at least the water there is from not far away (such as say Norway, France, or Fiji) so it's not that bad.
The company I work in provides bottled mineral water too and I found it so convenient to just grab a few in the morning which will last me the whole day. But then I decided that tap water is probably healthier and since then, have been diligently washing my personal water bottle and filling up with filtered water.
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