Please "GO GREEN" stop buying expensive - shrunk wrap "throw away plastic bottles" refill your bottles with us today - you'll be glad you did. 24 x 1/2 liters, or 3 gals. from the store = $5 (with us you can get the same amount of water filled 3 gals at .45 per gallon for only $1.35, a savings of $3.65)
Check out this video - - it will
open one's eyes:
December 23, 2007 — over 7 million tons of plastic spanning an area twice the size of texas destroying our oceans
and harming our food chains
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnUjTHB1lvM
Bisphenol A Fact Sheets
What type of bottle do you use?
Look for the recycle code on the bottom of your bottle - - there should be a triangle with a number in the middle. See below:
#1 - Plastic disposable water/soda bottles
Some interesting facts about PETE
The average household will generate about 17 pounds of PET or PETE waste per year. It takes 5 two-liter PET or PETE bottles will make one XL T-shirt. Half of all polyester carpet produced in the U.S. is made from recycled bottles.
#2 - Plastic disposable milk jugs, laundry bottles, butter, margarine and yogurt tubs, shampoo bottles, garbage bags
HDPE - high-density polyethylene: This hard, durable plastic is used in milk jugs, detergent and bleach bottles and motor oil bottles. It is recycled into plastic lumber, pipe, traffic cones, trash cans, recycling bins, industrial pallets, flower pots, and outdoor furniture.
#7 - Plastic 2, 3 & 5 gallon water bottles, sunglasses, DVD's, IPods
Other Plastics: These are composite plastics made with resins and fiber reinforcements and/or fillers. They are found in automotive and other durable goods. This type of resin is very difficult to recycle and few products are made from it.
What Is Bisphenol A and How Is It Used?