Where do you start?  Why at the beginning of course. The easiest and most obvious lifestyle change you can do is eliminate single-use plastic water bottles, single-use plastic beverage bottles, and to-go coffee cups.  You can choose from thousands of beautiful reusable water bottles and cups.  We highly recommend the insulated metal bottles. The water tastes fresh and remains cool throughout the day.  The reusable plastic bottles continue to leach harmful chemicals into your water.  Refill water stations are popping up all over including at many airports. 

The companies making single-use plastic bottles have fooled the consumers into believing that is the safest way to drink water and that bottles are recycled.  Studies show the opposite is true.  Your tap water is likely the safest water you can drink and can be made even safer with simple filter systems.  Your single-use water bottle most likely contains microplastics, arsenic, and other chemicals potentially creating long term health issues. This is especially true for the young as they have a lifetime of consuming microplastics.

What can you do?

• Purchase a nice metal reusable water bottle and coffee cup.  You may want a few sizes. We McSisters carry a small purse size bottle when going to indoor events.

• Read:https://www.beyondplastics.org/fact-sheets/plastic-water-bottles

• Be prepared and carry extra water with you when away from a water source.

 See “The Truth about Recycling” section of our blog.