So, I'm not really a fan of water. I don't like the taste of it. However, it is essential for our bodies, I know I know I know....So, if I HAVE to drink water, which I guess I do, I make sure our family tries to use cups or glasses that we already have in our cupboard and can rewash over and over instead of buying plastic bottles of water. I know everyone has seen the commercial about all the water bottles that our society uses going around the planet a bunch of times if they were lined up end to end. This is a problem! However, Foss Manufacturing is doing something about it!
They have produced a show called Trash Inc., The Secret Life of Garbage. It was on TV last night and I learned so much! This company takes water bottles, cuts them into flakes the size of a dime, and turns them into polyester threads! They are making polyester materials out of water bottles! They said last night on the show that they turn about 20,000 water bottles into 500 polyester t-shirts! It's not the only thing they manufacture either! Watch the video on their website to learn more!
Unfortunately, there are some numbers that made my stomach hurt. Of the 51 BILLION!!!! water bottles thrown out, only 22% are recycled. It gets worse...70% of those water bottles recycled are NOT from the United States. They are from Canada, Mexico, Argentina, etc. WHAT!!!?????
THIS IS AN EASY ONE TO FIX! Either we should not use plastic water bottles at all, or if we must, then we need to put them in the blue recycle bin instead of the gray trash bin. Oh, and buy a t-shirt made from water bottles! Do you think you stay cooler in one of those water shirts??
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