End of 30 day Challenge

I am now finished with my 30 day challenge. It was harder than i thought at times when i did not have my water bottle. There was times where i needed water at half time during games and all we had was plastic water bottles. Times like these made it hard to stay true to my challenge. However, I saw a label on a water bottle that said "Less Plastic? FANTASTIC, Thanks! You saved a plastic bag." This shows that there is some change being made weather i made it or not i am slowly reaching my goal of less plastic!

My Hypothesis

IF- If I stop using plastic water bottles for 30 days

THEN- I will reduce the plastic in landfills

BECAUSE- I'm not using them

I have proved my hypothesis that I stated before the thirty day challenge according to this label. If I keep this up America would be using less and less plastic and even maybe everybody will be using reusable bottles as well. Reusable bottles are better! Usually it fits more water, the bottle doesn’t lose its shape, and you are helping the environment. An article I found gives ten more great reasons not to use plastic water bottles

1.       Bottled Water Is More Expensive- This is very true you can spend 5-7 dollars on a 24 pack of water for the week or 5-7 dollars on a reusable bottle for years.

2.       Tap Water May Be as Good- Tap water is not much different from bottled water, there are even chemicals sometimes put into the water to help clean it.

3.       Resources Are Trashed- Plastic water bottles are usually disposed of in the wrong way. They are either thrown on the ground or not recycled.

4.       You Need Water to Make Bottles- To make the plastic, they use 46 million tons of water.

5.        Transportation Impacts the Environment- Bottled water comes from a distant source, meaning valuable resources like gasoline are used up for transportation through trucks, polluting the air.

6.       Disposal Produces Toxins- To dispose of trashed bottles, waste management facilities use incineration, which produces toxins like chlorine gas and ash laden with heavy metals, the EPI reports.

7.       Plastic Bottles Stick Around- After disposed the water bottle sit in a landfill until they eventually go underground.

8.       They Use Oil to Make Bottles- To produce nearly 30 billion water bottles annually, manufacturers use 17 million barrels of crude oil.

9.        Bottled Water Isn’t Federally Certified- Although water is regulated to maintain consumer safety, neither the EPA nor FDA certifies bottled water, which means taste and quality can’t be guaranteed

10.    Americans Drink Too Much Bottled Water-In the U.S., we consume more bottled water than any other nation, which is a bit ironic considering we have a well-functioning and wide-reaching water system.

More info at http://betterforyou.com/article/healthy-living/10-reasons-ditch-disposable-plastic-water-bottles