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I pledge to:
End my daily use of plastic bottled water
Fill a reusable glass or steel bottle with tap water to quench my thirst without hurting the environment.
Support programs to ensure all people have access to clean, affordable, public tap water.
Every day you can do something simple to help save the Earth.
Ask 10 friends to Break the Habit. The bottled water habit, that is.
Did you know?
Bottled water contributes to global warming.
It takes more than 47 million gallons of oil to produce plastic water bottles for Americans every year. Eliminating those bottles would be like taking 100,000 cars off the road and 1 billion pounds of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. The Real Cost of bottled Water SF Chronicle, February 18, 2007
Bottled water is less safe than our tap water.
The Environmental Protection Agency requires rigorous testing of tap water to ensure quality. Both regulation and enforcement of
bottled water safety is weaker than that of tap water safety. Olson, Erik D. et al. Bottled Water: Pure Drink or Pure Hype? Natural Resources Defense Council.
Drinking bottled water undermines confidence in public tap water
Join us as we break the bottled water habit!
Upscale restaurants like the famous Chez Panisse are making the switch to tap water you can too!
Make every day a happy Earth Day