{"id":3744,"date":"2008-10-17T12:53:26","date_gmt":"2008-10-17T18:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=3744"},"modified":"2017-08-02T15:17:51","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T19:17:51","slug":"its-hip-to-drink-tap-reasons-to-give-up-the-one-time-use-bottle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/its-hip-to-drink-tap-reasons-to-give-up-the-one-time-use-bottle\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Hip to Drink Tap: 7 Reasons to Give up the One-Time Use Bottle"},"content":{"rendered":"
I try not to eco-judge people. But recently, I’ve been silently judging people at the grocery store with cases of water at the bottom of their cart. And there are a few friends of mine who I’ve thought about lecturing, but I don’t because I know there is no better way to turn someone off than to lecture.<\/p>\n
Still, if one of my friends asked me about my views on bottled water, I’d be happy to tell them they should stop buying them. Here’s why.<\/p>\n
Okay, so maybe #7 isn’t the most compelling reason to drink tap water, but #’s 1-6 should be. You don’t really need the hip reusable bottle to drink tap water. Just drinking tap water will make you hip. A glass works just fine and so does an inexpensive reusable #5 plastic water bottle that can be purchased for $3-$4 at the grocery store. While some people stay away from plastic altogether, the #5’s are generally considered the safest of all the plastic and as long as they are taken care of properly, not left out in the sun, and not put in the microwave, there is little danger in them.<\/p>\n
Why not choose to be hip for just one week? Make a commitment to not buy or drink bottled water for just 7 days and see how it goes.<\/p>\n