Forever in a landfill

http://www.refillnotlandfill.org/whatcanyoudo.html

What can you do?

To help reduce the amount of waste disposable water bottles contribute to landfills each year, take the Filter For Good pledge (link to FFG pledge page) and commit to stop drinking bottled water for a week, a month, a year or forever.

Making small changes towards a big difference. Our mission is to reduce the amount of waste disposable water bottles contribute to landfills each year.

On average, one person uses 166 disposable plastic water bottles each year. You can help reduce your bottled water usage by taking the Refill Not Landfill™ pledge. By simply taking the pledge you will help reduce the bottled water industry's burden on our environment.

To put it in perspective and to validate the pledge we've estimated that if everyone in New York City were to use a reusable water bottle for one week, for one month, or for one year it would make a significant difference in reducing waste.

One week = 24 million bottles saved
One month = 112 million bottles saved
One year = 1.328 billion bottles saved

So the good news is that there's a small change YOU can make to help reduce this unnecessary waste.

 

Facts

In the United States in 2006, bottled water consumption reached a record 8.3 billion gallons, 185 million gallons of which was imported. The total amount spent on bottled water was over $11 billion. (Beverage Marketing Corp.)

In contrast to tap water, which is distributed through an energy-efficient infrastructure, transporting bottled water long distances involves burning massive quantities of fossil fuels. Nearly a quarter of all bottled water crosses national borders to reach consumers, transported by boat, train, and truck. (Earth Policy Institute)

It costs more money to drink bottled water than to put gas in your car--up to five time more--due mainly to its packaging and transportation.(Earth Policy Institute)

Bottled water companies do not have to release their water-testing results to the public, whereas municipalities do. (Natural Resources Defense Council)