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Lydia Chambers - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
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- Reusable Bottles - Which Are Best?
[News-and-Society:Environmental] How do you decide which type of reusable bottle you should use? The advantages and disadvantages of seven types of plastic, aluminum, stainless steel bottles will be compared to help you make an informed choice. Features related to health, performance, environmental impact, and cost will be evaluated. Environmental impact will be assessed by considering the durability of the bottles and whether they are recyclable. The resin code (type of plastic) is identifiable by the number within the triangular symbol on the bottoms of plastic bottles.
- Bottled Water Blues
[News-and-Society:Environmental] Grabbing a quick bottled water when you're on the go seems pretty harmless, and it would be, if you were the only person drinking bottled water and you didn't do it very often. Unfortunately, each person in the United States reached for bottled water 167 times on average in 2006. That adds up to 50 billion bottles. Since only 23% of disposable plastic bottles are recycled, 38 billion disposable plastic bottles end up in landfills each year - 100 million bottles everyday. Laid end to end, there would be enough bottles to reach from New Jersey to China and back each day!
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