Every time you complete this action, you will reduce emissions by an estimated 0.3 lbs. CO2e.

The EPA’s standards for tap water are stricter than the FDA’s bottled water standards — in fact lots of bottled water is just municipal tap water in a bottle. Yet in in 2007 Americans drank 8.8 billion gallons of bottled water. Just manufacturing the plastic bottles for all that water produced over 2.7 million tons of CO2. That’s equivalent to six months of emissions from an average coal power plant. If we all drank half as much bottled water as we do, the emissions reductions would be equivalent to taking 225,000 cars off the road.

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You can achieve this action on the following schedules: once a week, three times a week, and all week.

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  1. sue333 sue333 completed this on March 19 11:10 AM

    I bring my own water bottle everywhere now – especially when travelling.

  2. justklarissa20 justklarissa20 completed this on March 14 8:55 PM

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  3. aarongustafson aarongustafson completed this on March 13 7:26 PM

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  4. luci luci completed this on March 10 1:49 PM

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  5. nanika nanika completed this on March 06 2:34 AM

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