Let’s talk water

Today it is raining. Not a hard rain, but a gentle pitter patter coming down on and off all day. Lately water has been on my mind. I know it is one of my soap box issues and here we go again.

We all need to drink more water. It is recommended that we get 6 to 8 glasses of water a day. Do you get that amount, daily? I am thinking not. The average adult doesn’t.

If you take a walk down the water aisle in your grocery store you will see all sorts of different types of water. From spring water, distilled, artesian to water that comes from locations around the globe our water aisles are truly diversified.

While I strongly stand behind drinking your daily amount of water I want to point out that only 2 out of 10 of these single serving water bottles makes it to recycling. The others are sent to the regular trash and landfills. This statistic comes from Container Recycling Institute, and to me it is very scary. Looking at all those bottles for sale and realizing just how many of them are going to end up in the landfill is mind blowing.

So what can we do? Well for starters if you use those single serving water bottles ensure that you are recycling them. Encourage others to do so as well.

Another great way to avoid filling landfills with water bottles is not to use them. Consider filtering your water at home and filling your own reusable container. If you don’t want to filter your water consider buying larger containers. Many of the 5 gallon containers can be home delivered. You will pay a deposit on the bottle, but those containers are cleaned and re-used.

Whichever way you choice to get your water keep in mind that you need to recycle and reuse as much as you can. Don’t send those many bottles to the landfills.