Here are some crazy facts about bottled water:
- 200 billion plastic bottles are consumed each year worldwide.
- 20% of this 200 billion is recycled
- 1.5 billion barrels of oil is used every year in the US alone producing plastic water bottles. That's enough to run 100,000 cars for a year
Instead of buying bottle water, bring your own water bottle. Today I'm featuring steel water bottle maker, S'well. A S'well bottle is designed to keep your hots hot, and your colds cold and their bottles come in a rainbow of colours. The price of $40 a bottle, is pretty steep at first until you add up what you would have spent before buying bottled water! Also, S'well donates 10% of their sales profit to Water Aid, an organization that aids developing communities in securing a reliable water supply. The idea is that if the people of these communities, particularly women, don't have to spend hours everyday collecting water, then they can spend more time improving their lives with education. It's a noble cause with real results that I can definitely get behind!
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I hardly ever drink from bottled water anymore. If I do, I almost always recycle. Every little bit helps right?! :)
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Yay for S'well water bottles!:D
I pick the red one.:D
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This is an excellent reminder. I try to find cans when I get an urge for a diet lime coke. As for water, my town has great water, so I bring it from home to drink at work. I do use a plastic gallon container, but I reuse it many times over.
On the wingman thing, I think you're right--I'm just scarred by those crazy girls. And I should point out it was the friends who got upset, not the girls I talked to. I think they were just trying match up their girlfriends. Story of my life--girls' friends and mothers always liked me more than the girls themselves. LOL! I need to add that as a "PS" to the post.
PS - I don't know if I have a knack for being in the wrong place, but odd things seem to happen around me fairly often. Can I get away with blaming the stars instead of myself??? I didn't think so. =)
I want the pink and the blue one pleeeeease :) I have so many water bottles at home I should start bringing them out more often!
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i'm looking into buying those water bottles that filter the tap water as you drink it; so ingenius! love the colors of these :)
harsh facts but so true. those bottles are pretty cute though. it would make drinking water out of that bottle so much more fabulous.
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mina
rarely ever buy bottled water and i think having one of these fab and colourful bottles to tote around to yoga class or at work makes you all the more stylish.
Those are some pretty chic bottles! I usually drink tap water at home and reuse plastic bottles if I have to take one with me. We get bottled water at work (for free), but I believe the crates of empty plastic are cleaned and reused.
super cute, a tad pricey, but it's true its less than what i've spent before.
i avoid buying bottle water whenever possible. i agree all the plastic bottles are wasteful.
I love seeing fellow fashion/beauty bloggers talk about the benefits of being green!
belated world water day =P
It is great you are spreading awareness about this topic! I mean we really do take for granted how crucial water is!!! lol! but hey these bottles are super cute!! I'm luvin the shape, it is like a coke bottle lol I just recently got a leopard pattern one from old navy..crazy huh? btw I'm a newbie blogger and I find urs truly entertaining!
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very cool water bottles :) happy water day!
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