On the quest to live a healthy, low-impact eco-lifestyle,
drinking more water is a good thing. But it stops being good
when you’re drinking bottled water. Every year, bottled water
generates 1.5 million tons of trash, which is produced by over
47 million gallons of oil. Most bottled water isn’t any purer
than tap water, and it costs more than gasoline. Instead of
buying bottled water, switch tolike a stainless steel bottle
with a filter. Did you get stuck on “it costs more than
gasoline?” Seems incredible, right? If you buy a 20 oz. bottle
for $1 (the size at many vending machines–though finding a $1
vending machine isn’t easy these days) the cost comes to about 5
cents per ounce. If gasoline costs around $4 a gallon, and there
are 128 ounces in a gallon, the cost of gas comes to just over 3
cents per ounce. You’re not paying for purity, despite the
pictures of alpine springs. Green technology testing proves that
most bottled water isn’t much different from what comes out of
your tap. Maybe that’s because mos