Going Green

In honer of Earth Day on the 22nd I am doing a tip for each day of the week that is really easy for everyone to go a little greener.

Today's tip: Reusable water bottles and powder drink mix or juice concentrate. These are really simple tips. If you love bottled water just get a refillable bottle and a filter pitcher. It will also save you money. Another thing to think about is the amount of trash from drink bottles and containers. We use refillable bottles for us and the kids. I am trying to get better at this and not buy juice boxes at all so we just refill their bottles to take to the park or on trips. Zoe actually likes her bottle better than a juice box cause it's Tinkerbell! If you love soda consider buying a 2 liter and filling a bottle to take with you instead it will save on how many bottles go to the dump.

Facts: from

The advent of bottled water sent our already wasteful consumer culture into pollution overdrive and it’s a tremendous task to put the brakes on the momentum of this waste. Here is a list of plastic bottle fun facts that put the magnitude of this pollution into scope.
Plastic bottles take 700 years to begin composting
90% of the cost of bottled water is due to the bottle itself
80% of plastic bottles are not recycled
38 million plastic bottles go to the dump per year in America from bottled water (not including soda)
24 million gallons of oil are needed to produce a billion plastic bottles
The average American consumes 167 bottles of water a year
Bottling and shipping water is the least energy efficient method ever used to supply water
Bottled water is the second most popular beverage in the United States
Although it can be easy and convenient to pick up bottle beverage products the end cost to the environment is staggering. So be mindful when you drink…and remember, friends don’t let friends drink from disposables!