Thursday, April 9, 2009

Where is my Water Bottle?


"Where is my water bottle?" is exactly what I said to myself as I got ready to depart my plane in Connecticut.  My big orange aqua friend was gone.  I am pretty sure I left her in the Detroit Metropolitan Airport and I was thoroughly upset.  I loved that bottle!  I took her everywhere! 

And this is just to say that you should have a water bottle...a reusable one...that you love too.  You have heard about how disposable plastic water bottles are bad news right?  Here I will break it down for you in bullet points.  I like bullet points.
  • Plastic bottles take oil/energy to make
  • They then take oil/energy to ship
  • They take oil/energy to store
  • You drink them (possible containing toxins leached in from said plastic)
  • Ideally you recycle the bottle-which takes oil/energy
  • Or you don't and the plastic ends up sitting around our planet for hundreds of thousands of years.
  • Now multiply this by billions (38 billion a year!) and you have our plastic bottle industry.
Ok, back to my reusable bottle.  It's gone.  I hope some kind soul at the airport found it and is now using it to save the planet.  I promptly headed over to whole foods when I got to my destination (oh, Whole Foods, please move to Kalamazoo!) and got a new one.  

But do you know how many reusable bottles are out there?  There are a ton of choices.  Just make sure you do get a reusable one that is BPA free.  This is what my old orange friend was, a Camelbak.  I am a personal fan of the straw on my water bottle and ended up finding a lovely stainless steel model with straw and self-hinging clip!  Even better! (Sorry old orange friend).  There were also twist tops, flip tops, pull tops, plastic, metal, big, medium, and small.  A reusable bottle for all.  

So what is your favorite reusable bottle?  Is there one you are dying to try?  How long have you had your bottle?

6 comments:

MLDB said...

We got Avery a special new water bottle for Easter. She has been eyeing it for weeks, so she is going to be really excited on Sunday!

zb-sheepy said...

This is so funny! Just today I ordered my very first reusable water bottle from Sigg. I can't wait to try it out!!

Decor To Adore said...

We are a reusable water bottle family. My daughter has a really cute one. It has a picture of Mary and the words Holy Water. Kind of funny. :)

Lisa Nelsen-Woods said...

I have an Ecosmart bottle. I love that the design on it doesn't scream HIPPIE TREEHUGGER because a lot of not so green folk ask me about my 'cool bottle.' I hope that it convinces them to go reusable. It's stainless steel and I LOVE how it keeps my water colder longer. I only wish I had the larger size bottle so I could share water with my pooch. For now I take 2 bottles one for each of us.

Pattyskypants said...

Hai. Me gives u award today on my blog. xxoo Bhu

My favorite water bottle is stainless steel and we got it free for making a donation to the National Wildlife Federation. xxoo Patty

Lizzie said...

being in Arizona, our family takes our water bottles with us EVERYWHERE! every family member has 3 that we rotate. it not only helps the environment not using those throw away bottles, but we all feel healthier too :)