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****ECO-FRIENDLY STAINLESS STEEL WATER BOTTLES****

NO MORE PUTTING PLASTIC INTO THE EARTH!!!

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Priced so you can help save the environment, live green and not lose your wallet!

Each Bottle was carefully manufactured to meet these high standards:

-Lead Free

-BPA Free

-18/8 Food Grade Stainless Steel

-Durable

-Light Weight / Perfect for backpacking, hiking, walking or even running

-Caribiner for attaching to belts or backpacks

-Easy to clean

Did you know?

1) Since plastics can take between 200 to 400 years to degrade, they are a worthy candidate for recycling. Only 3% of plastic waste is currently recycled.

2) Just the Facts according to the Environmental Protection Agency:

• In 2008, the United States generated almost 13 million tons of plastics in the MSW (Municipal Solid Waste) stream as containers and packaging, almost 7 million tons as nondurable goods, and almost 11 million tons as durable goods.
• The total amount of plastics in MSW—about 30 million tons—represented 12.0 percent of total MSW generation in 2008.
• The amount of plastics generation in MSW has increased from less than 1 percent in 1960 to 12.0 percent in 2008.
• Plastics are a rapidly growing segment of the MSW stream. The largest category of plastics are found in containers and packaging (e.g., soft drink bottles, lids, shampoo bottles), but they also are found in durable (e.g., appliances, furniture) and nondurable goods (e.g., diapers, trash bags, cups and utensils, medical devices).
• Plastics also are found in automobiles, but recycling of these materials is counted separately from the MSW recycling rate.

3) There is a floating garbage dump in the North Pacific that contains four million tons of plastic and is twice the size of Texas.  As the plastic breaks down toxic chemicals like bisphenol A (BPA) and PS oligomer are released into the ocean, according to the EPA.

4) Four million tons of plastic could be turned into 12 – 20 million barrels of oil.  The United States imports over 520 million barrels of oil a year. Those four million tons of plastic in the ocean would take care of about half a months worth of imported oil, according to the EPA.