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Buying Bottled Water Benefits the OIL Industry
Yup, that’s right, the oil industry. The production of plastic bottles uses more than 17 million barrels of oil annually, enough to fuel more than one million U.S. cars for a year! Plus, it benefits the largest bottled water companies: … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Green Ideas, My CO2 Footprint, Water
Tagged bottled water, clean water, Coke, drinkable water, fossil fuels, Nestle, Pepsi, plastic, plastic bottles, potable water, tap water, tapped, the story of bottled water, the story of stuff, water, water mining, water rights
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An Airline with a Green Heart
I found myself on a flight recently (yes, I know!) to the East Coast. As I paged through Alaska Airlines’ in-flight magazine, an article by Keith Loveless entitled Waste Not caught my eye (page 9). In a highlighted sidebar there … Continue reading
Posted in My CO2 Footprint, Travel
Tagged airline, Alaska Air, Alaska Airlines, bottle filling stations, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, emissions, fossil fuels, green, in-flight magazine, Keith Loveless, luggage, packing, plastic bottles, reduce CO2, reusable bottles, reusable water bottles, Spirit of Alaska, sustainability, travel, waste not, water bottles
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Good News: Container-Filling Stations
I never would have thought about container-filling stations if it wasn’t for Green Gal who left a comment on my post about giving up soda and plastic water bottles (I know, a lot to ask). What is a container- or … Continue reading