It doesn’t make sense.

Americans are drinking a billion bottles of water per week, a fact that may not hit so heavily if we recycled religiously.  38 billion empty plastic water bottles end up in landfills every year.

Nearly a quarter of the bottled water we drink comes from the cola companies as recycled, cleaned up tap water.  Those bottled overseas are a little more expensive due to the shipping costs (water is heavy) but more important than the money in shipping costs is that this process costs us as global people valuable resources in gas and electricity.

Our second most popular water bottle brand comes from Fiji, where about half the people lack safe drinking water.   It is easier for a teenager in Arizona to drink Fiji’s finest than it is for a Fiji island native to quench his/her thirst.  Does this sound ridiculous to anyone else?

The question is, then, how do we survive without bottled water?  We’ve become so dependent on it, the public use water fountains are rarely touched and most people wouldn’t drink water out of the tap if you paid them.

Simple solution: Home reverse osmosis systems.  We invest in our homes as a place we trust to live.  We invest in cars as trusted transportation systems.  We invest in insurance both for health and death. And yet  75%  of our body (that being water) is somehow overlooked, or if we do pamper that part of our body, then we are neglecting our green duty.  If you have a home, invest in a reverse osmosis system and treat your body right without filling up landfills.

Solution on a budget:  Water and ice stores are lifesavers.  They’ll fill up your container for about $.25 a gallon.  But be sure to reuse your containters.

Portable Solution: Invest in a Nalgene or CamelBak (BPA-Free) bottles  for travel. Or if you are particular about your water’s purity, try a water bottle purifier.