BYOB!...everywhere you go. There are so many great reasons to Bring Your Own water Bottle. It’s good for the earth and good for your wallet. And taste tests and chemical analysis reveal there’s usually no difference between tap water and bottled water, oftentimes it’s actually the same thing!
Fast Fact: Approximately 40 billion plastic bottles are produced annually in the U.S. About two-thirds of them end up in landfills. The amount of petroleum saved by using post-consumer recycled bottles instead of virgin materials in the manufacturing process is enough to power a city the size of Atlanta for a year. According to a recent Earth Policy Institute Report, just to bottle and ship a year’s worth of bottled water to the US., companies such as PepsiCo and Danone burn 1.5 million barrels of oil, enough to fuel 100,000 cars per year! bottled water costs 10,000 times more than tap water – and is often more expensive, per gallon, than gasoline.