Bottle It Up
Plant it
The plastic bottle, lid and label make up 90 percent of a plastics bottle’s cost. Americans buy an estimated 28 billion plastic water bottles every year, and nearly eight out of every 10 of those bottles will end up in a landfill, translating to about a 23 percent recycling rate. Furthermore, it’s estimated that the production of plastic accounts for 4 percent of the energy consumption in the U.S.
Water it
- A small investment upfront can save over the long run. Use your reusable bottles at the gym, the office or around the house
- Keep your reusable bottle in your car at all times for those unexpected trips and stops. You can fill it up at any gas station or fast food restaurant
- When you do buy a plastic bottle, make sure to wrap it up with reuse or recycling
Grow it
- Give the gift of reuse – the options are endless
- Buy matching reusable bottles for your department, co-workers or member of your book club
- Encourage your employer to hand out reusable bottles as promotional gifts, or give them away as party favors at your next major event
Green goods made from plastic bottles : Blisstree - Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles
posted on September 20th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
[...] a Comment // People DON’T recycle plastic bottles at an alarming rate. Only about 23% of all plastic bottles are recycled, so besides recycling we obviously need to consider something else to do with our used bottles. [...]