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Post by dominationSTP on Mar 23, 2008 14:28:01 GMT -5
In 2006, 17 million barrels of oil were used in the production of water bottles like Deer Park, Dasani, Aquafina, Zephyrhills, Evian, etc. This excludes the transportation costs (gas used by 18-wheelers).
This emits 2.5 million tons of carbon dioxide each year, contributing to global warming. Water bottles also use 6.74 times as much water as is in the bottle. 40% of bottled water comes from municipal water (tap), mainly Aquafina and Dasani. Around 12% of plastic bottles are recycled. About 40 million bottles end up as trash, so PLEASE RECYCLE.
Plastic is not biodegradable, therefore will remain in landfills. All landfills eventually drain leachate, liquid that leaks from landfills. Leachate contains toxic substances like ammoniacal nitrogen and produces high amounts of methane. Majority of leachate seeps into and contaminates ground water
So what can you do to stop it, especially at this years BONNAROOOO!?
First what you can do is instead of buying the water bottles, buy 1 gallon containers of water at your local grocery store. Keep these in a cooler with ice and pour into a SIGG ( www.mysigg.com ) or portable reusable water bottle. Although you are still contributing to global warming, you are at a lower rate.
Hope this has an influence on how you see water bottles and the harm they are causing! Peace and love!
In 2006, 17 million barrels of oil were used in the production of water bottles like Deer Park, Dasani, Aquafina, Zephyrhills, Evian, etc. This excludes the transportation costs (gas used by 18-wheelers).
This emits 2.5 million tons of carbon dioxide each year, contributing to global warming. Water bottles also use 6.74 times as much water as is in the bottle. 40% of bottled water comes from municipal water (tap), mainly Aquafina and Dasani. Around 12% of plastic bottles are recycled. About 40 million bottles end up as trash, so PLEASE RECYCLE.
Plastic is not biodegradable, therefore will remain in landfills. All landfills eventually drain leachate, liquid that leaks from landfills. Leachate contains toxic substances like ammoniacal nitrogen and produces high amounts of methane. Majority of leachate seeps into and contaminates ground water
So what can you do to stop it, especially at this years BONNAROOOO!?
First what you can do is instead of buying the water bottles, buy 1 gallon containers of water at your local grocery store. Keep these in a cooler with ice and pour into a Nalgene or portable reusable water bottle. Although you are still contributing to global warming, you are at a lower rate.
Hope this has an influence on how you see water bottles and the harm they are causing! Peace and love!
Post by fiveleavesleft on Mar 23, 2008 16:54:15 GMT -5
its ashame they won't let us bring nalgenes with water in them into centeroo. i'll probably be bringing 2-3 cases of bottled water with me for saturday and sunday, at the beginning of the weekend last year i didnt mind filling up my nalgene with the water there but later on it started smelling like shit and was starting to bother me.
Post by "this is crazy" on Mar 23, 2008 18:50:50 GMT -5
The water bottles at langerado were cool. They were bags of water that were flat when empty. Pretty cool but not refillable:). Also i was very dissapointed by how much dirtier langerado was compared to roo. Still a blast though
Post by sparklybecca on Mar 23, 2008 18:52:22 GMT -5
jfrye said:
The water bottles at langerado were cool. They were bags of water that were flat when empty. Pretty cool but not refillable:). Also i was very dissapointed by how much dirtier langerado was compared to roo. Still a blast though
those water bottles were AWESOME. i read the back to Aly and we were totally impressed by that company. and thats odd, i didnt think that langerado was dirtier than roo - i never noticed that at all
Oh my... I have recently realized how many bottles of water i drink daily and how much waste I am single handedly creating, and also how much money I am wasting. So I invested in a brita spout for my sink and fill my nalgene a few times a day. NOW I feel even worse! I'll be going out today and buying something else i suppose.
Post by SouthGA_Festival Machine on Mar 24, 2008 8:57:11 GMT -5
arlenefavreau1 said:
Any ideas as to the maker of the water bags as I'm thinking of 5 gal jugs?
I've got a 7 gallon, I think, water container I found in the camping section of Mal-Wart. It has a twist spout and works pretty well for all my water needs at Bonnaroo as well as other fests it has attended with me so far.
Oh my... I have recently realized how many bottles of water i drink daily and how much waste I am single handedly creating, and also how much money I am wasting. So I invested in a brita spout for my sink and fill my nalgene a few times a day. NOW I feel even worse! I'll be going out today and buying something else i suppose.
I have two sigg bottles and love them. Fill them full from by Brita pitcher and I am ready to go. That being said, they are not practical for Roo. I do have a discount code. If anyone wants, PM me.
Post by "this is crazy" on Mar 24, 2008 14:35:16 GMT -5
The water bags were maybe 12oz - 20ozs its was pretty weird drinking out of it but pretty cool. I never thought of freezing the bottled water before roo. very good idea!
Post by crazykittensmile on Mar 24, 2008 22:04:02 GMT -5
cacobb said:
I have two sigg bottles and love them. Fill them full from by Brita pitcher and I am ready to go. That being said, they are not practical for Roo. I do have a discount code. If anyone wants, PM me.
Post by phishinalong on Mar 25, 2008 12:59:57 GMT -5
ive never had a problem getting full nalgenes of water into centeroo. as long as its water or gatorade or something they usually dont care. one thing i did a couple times was carry a gallon jug of cold water in with us then fill up our 4 nalgenes once inside and recycle the gallon jug. if you buy lots of gallon jugs..we usually get 10 and freeze them you not only have block ice for your cooler all weekend but as it melts (which is very slowly....we usually have to set a gallon or 2 under the car) you get the coldest water on the farm!
I have two sigg bottles and love them. Fill them full from by Brita pitcher and I am ready to go. That being said, they are not practical for Roo. I do have a discount code. If anyone wants, PM me.
Post by candyflippedaround on Mar 26, 2008 20:41:41 GMT -5
i dunno.... i dunno.... how do i feel about animal testing.....
better them than us i suppose, the world is cruel. Im more upset about mass destruction of our and other animals ecosystems across the world than using a domesticated rabbit for testing products. Lots of people keep rabbits in a small cage outside, granted its not a plastic straight jacket with locks around your neck but i am sure the rabbit cant fully enjoy his life there either.
we have sacrificed limited # of animals to further benefit a large number of humans, in my humble opinion testing on rodents and the like is vital if we are to make real improvements in the medical fields. And we cant do the testing on humans, its just absurd to try it that way. like i said i would much rather see an animal put into a lab for medical testing than to lay waste to the amazon simply to lay down a road and such.
i dunno.... i dunno.... how do i feel about animal testing.....
better them than us i suppose, the world is cruel. Im more upset about mass destruction of our and other animals ecosystems across the world than using a domesticated rabbit for testing products. Lots of people keep rabbits in a small cage outside, granted its not a plastic straight jacket with locks around your neck but i am sure the rabbit cant fully enjoy his life there either.
we have sacrificed limited # of animals to further benefit a large number of humans, in my humble opinion testing on rodents and the like is vital if we are to make real improvements in the medical fields. And we cant do the testing on humans, its just absurd to try it that way. like i said i would much rather see an animal put into a lab for medical testing than to lay waste to the amazon simply to lay down a road and such.
I tend to agree. If animal testing has a reasonable chance of saving human lives, I can get with that.
But animal testing of cosmetics, shampoo, etc. where animals are basically tortured to find how often you have to get this stuff in your eye to blind you or how much soda you can ingest before your stomache bursts are,IMHO, not justified.
It's basically a cost-benefit decision. Animals and their well being do have a significant value which should be considered in the equation.
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Post by strumntheguitar on Mar 28, 2008 12:41:30 GMT -5
^^^ agree with that!
They should really just let MythBusters tackle those problems... They use already dead pig stomachs to see how much soda you can have before you burst!
