What’s Tappening with water bottles?
Did you know that bottled water is no safer than your tap water? Did you know it’s a total waste to to use new bottles each day because most are never recycled? As you can see the facts about bottle water are staggering and scary:
- 96% of bottled water is sold in single-size polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles, which end up in city trash cans rather than recycling bins. The national recycling rate for all PET bottles, including soda bottles, is 23.1 percent.
- Americans buy 28 billion water bottles a year, all that plastic and the energy used for manufacturing and transportation is very hard on the environment.
- Bottled water often contains more bacteria and impurities than tap water, because the EPA regulates municipal water systems more stringently than the FDA regulates bottled water.
- City tap water can have no confirmed E.coli or fecal coliform bacteria. FDA bottled water rules include no such prohibition (a certain amount of any type of coliform bacteria is allowed in bottled water)
Also, many water bottles contain Bisphenol A (BPA), a scary chemical which has been linked to a number of diseases some being carcinogenic. That means cancer and that’s Not Pretty!
Save yourself from this madness and purchase a reusable BPA-free stainless steel bottle! Our favorite is from Tappening, whos slogan is to “Think Global, Drink Local.” Tappening is happening and wants to green the way we consume beverages.
Recently, I picked up a stainless steel Tappening and haven’t been able to put it down. It goes everywhere with this Pretty and is always there to quench my thirst. I can fill it with any beverage (except hot ones), rinse it out and reuse with a new drink. The bottle will last forever and is virtually indestructible with the cap staying on tight and easily unscrewing when I need a sip.
So, what are you waiting for? Time to start saving your green on bottled beverages and pick up a Tappening to keep the world green.
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Drinking more water, whether from the tap or in a bottle, is a good thing. However, municipal and bottled water are in fact different, and I appreciate the opportunity to address a few misperceptions noted in your post.
Public water is mostly safe to drink, but can occasionally experience a spike in pathogens or chlorine by-products. At Nestlé Waters North America, our spring waters, like Arrowhead Mountain Spring Water, come from groundwater sources more isolated from these risks. When we bottle public water (for Nestlé Pure Life), we apply additional specialized filtration most public systems cannot afford, and extract elements that most at-home filters cannot remove.
Moreover, FDA regulations for bottled water must, by law, be as stringent and protective of the public health as the EPA’s municipal water regulations. Nestlé Waters uses a 10-step quality and safety process that begins with thoughtful source selection and continues through bottling. We publish detailed quality reports similar to those of public water utilities, and make them available online at http://www.nestlewatersnorthamerica.com and via a toll-free number on our bottles.
Speaking of the bottles, single-serve water bottles do not contain BPA.
Lastly, I whole-heartedly agree with you that too many plastic bottles are not recycled. But the fact of the matter is that water bottles make up less than 1% of the waste stream – the real issue is that recycling options in this country are severely lacking. That’s why we’re lobbying for improved curbside recycling programs, with the help of partnerships, coalition-building and consumer education. Additionally, we are committed to more than doubling the current PET beverage container recycling rate to at least 60% by 2018.
Sincerely,
Jane Lazgin
Director, Corporate Communications
Nestlé Waters North America
Interesting. Those Tappening guys get “Corporate Communications” from Nestle stalking and commenting on them now.Power to them for getting Corporate America to pay attention. Or actually worry. As they should.
I guess that’s what happens when sales suddenly go flat.
Keep up the fabulous work Tappening.