I am not a disposable bottle
I like stainless steel for thermos, but I never really liked it for water or cold drinks. Until now, instead of buying stocks of small water bottles to carry around during the day, I’d buy one every 7-10 days and refill it with filtered water.
Recently, I’ve been looking for a solution to avoid buying even those 3 or 4 little water bottles/months and this morning I found a 750ml BPA-free water bottle at Cirencester’s Waitrose (UK online shop: Reusablebottle.co.uk: Aladdin Clean & Clever Water Bottle, or click here to view other items).
Below I am reporting an article from TheDailyGreen.com that explains what BPA (Bisphenol A) is, the large number of items it can be found in and the dangers associated with this substance.
http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/bisphenol-a-fda-47121402
Aladdin is US-based company that sells a wide range of BPA-free products, bottles, mugs and other useful containers. Aladdin has an online shop, but I’m happy to see regular shops/stores are increasingly more sensitive to the subject. It makes it easier for consumers to find their desired products even outside of big cities, where there are certainly more choices. We all need some sort of container for drinks, snacks or our daily packed lunch. Then why not trying to avoid buying the same old plastic items and turn to ‘greener & safer’ products?
It was only last night that i watched the Documentary Blue Gold http://search.ovguide.com/all_videos.php?q=blue+gold (here are a couple of links)and in light of the ‘concerns’ about water supply and security it would be nice to see more people act with similar responsibility. Although Blue Gold is not focusing on the health issues related to ‘bottled’ water (BPA is under-stressed)it looks at the thearts associated to the ‘ownership’ of a life resource and how it is now accepted and common practise for society to ‘purchase’ water, creating profit and waste. Australia NSW have taken this into their own hands http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8141569.stm
I recommend Blue Gold to all (i havent read the book which is supposed to be very good also)
MM
You are so right, MM. Thank you for posting the links. Water is such a great issue and it’s disheartening because it’s the most renewable resource we could have on earth. The water cycle can change, but it virtually never ends. However, ownership and distribution of water is key to not only development but most of all, subsistence of people. I will look for the book and the documentary as well, thanks again for your comment.
S
Sara,
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Cheers… Wallace
hi Wallace,
Thanks a bunch for the link exchange!
Cheers…