Hi Readers,Here are five reasons for all you waterbottle drinkers to recycle the plastic bottles your water comes in:
1. Recycled plastic can be used to make things like trash cans, park benches, playground equipment, decks, and kayaks.
2. Today, Americans generate 10.5 million tons of plastic waste a year but recycle only 1 or 2 % of it.
3. Americans use 2.5 million plastic bottles every HOUR.
4. It takes over 1.5 million barrels of oil to manufacture a year’s supply of bottled water. That’s enough oil to fuel 100,000 cars.
5. Plastic bottles take 700 years before they BEGIN to decompose in a landfill.
Please, please, please recycle your water bottles. Your earth will thank you later :)
Source: Greenfeet; Earth 911
Hey Shannon,
ReplyDeleteGreat information. I had no idea that that much oil was used to make our bottled water. Wow! Have a great weekend!
Dina
Cool column. This is great information. Keep us informed-we sometimes take our Earth for granted.
ReplyDeleteThomas
Hi Shannon,
ReplyDeleteMy name is Jose (husband to Dina the President of dekoposh, Inc.). I also have a blog but it would bore you to death, I am in the dental industry and my blog is for my clients. Anyways, I just have to say---cool picture. Dina had to tell me what it was, she is pretty sharp. Did you take that picture? Keep up the great column, I enjoy reading all of them.
Jose
Hi Shannon! I love your columns! You always manage to teach me something new in a fun and animated way! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteVery informative Shannon. I didn't know all this. WOW! Great pic, too! I get it. Glad to have you here.
ReplyDeleteDeko
Hi Shannon,
ReplyDeleteYou rock girl! I love reading your Eco-Sexy Column. I promise I am recycling my water bottles.
G2G...Posh
Thanks for all the comments everyone!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you're enjoying my work.
Jose, I did not take picture. But I agree, I thought it was so interesting!
Keep up the great recycling. You guys are awesome :)
Being a dancer, I use a few water bottles a week. I always make sure to recycle them! =)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the facts, Shannon! That's a long time to be stuck in a landfill...