Sustainability Matters
Let's make our planet last for infinity!
#1 Goal: Reducing plastic bottle usage
Did you know that we use 50 billion plastic bottles a year in America? This is an unsustainable rate where only about 20% of that amount is recycled.
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In America, 2.5 million plastic bottles are used hourly.
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1.3 billion plastic bottles are used globally per day with about a 9% recycling rate.
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Plastic can take about 400 years to degrade. This process creates microplastics that will never be eliminated from our environment and are less than 5mm in size. Studies are showing microplastics are getting embedded in our bodies, air, and food supply - from the water to the produce. Microplastics become nanoplastics, even smaller particles that increase hormone disruption, inflammation that can lead to arthritis and cancer, oxidative cell damage, neurological effects from their presence in the brain, human placentas, lungs and more.
Studies are showing that humans eat about a credit card worth of plastic a week, roughly 5 grams from eating on plastic, drinking tap and bottled water.
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Is this the legacy that we want to leave behind for our children?
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Goal #2: Eliminate Exposure to Plastic Toxins
Did you know that 'non-toxic' BPA-free plastic water bottles leach up to 150 chemicals?
Plastic water bottles are made with PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic that is BPA-free but still leach up to 150 hazardous chemicals, including heavy metals (antimony and lead) as well as phthalates. BPA-free simply means that the plastic is free of Bisphenol A, an endocrine disrupting industrial chemical.
PET bottles will leach chemicals into the water the more the bottle is reused and if exposed to heat such as if you leave your water bottle in a hot car. Yikes, no thank you!
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*Source: Join the Plastic Pollution Coalition: www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org
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#3 Goal: Recycle & get a home water filtration system
Recycling
Micro and nanoplastics are accumulating in our bodies and food supply from our use of plastic and lack of recycling. Not all plastic gets recycled even if you are recycling it, a lot of product do not meet the correct criteria due to plastic composition type, debris, and plastic sticker product labels.
Did you know if your plastic sports drink or yogurt container has a plastic sticker on it (such as for name or ingredients) then it's not recyclable? The sticker must first be removed, which some products make that an impossible task for the consumer!
For recycling 101 - how to read labels and more:
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Goodbye to Bottled & City Tap Water
City tap is proving to be filled with plastics, less than in bottled water, however a significant source. 325 microplastics on average are found in 1 liter of bottled water and about 5.5 in 1 liter of tap. Source: Penn State Extension).
By installing a professional home filtration system for your tap, you can cut the plastics at their source and protect yourself from other forever chemicals in your water supply. You will also be reducing the number of plastic bottles you add into the earth and lowering your fuel costs. No more drives to the store nor contributing to retailers shipping bottles.
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The change starts with you. You need to become that change.​​
