Posted 04/22/08 by Ryan Morris
It is estimated that Americans toss almost 38 billion water bottles in the trash every year. To combat this environental waste, Brita and Nalgene teamed up to create the FilterForGood campaign.
Gauging it's success by the number of disposable water bottles saved from ending up in a landfill, the program requires participants to pledge to reduce bottled water waste by using a reusable water bottle (Nalgene, encouraged) or filtered water (this is where Brita's pitchers and faucet mount filters come in.)
I'm so excited about this campaign I signed the pledge and am in the process of making sure everyone in the office has a reusable water bottle. You can get involved by taking the pledge and joining the cause on Razoo today.
To see how many water bottles have been saved, you can view a really cool interactive map on the campaign Web site. So go on, take the pledge, help the planet and enjoy a greener, healthier earth.
Happy Earth Day!
Posted 09/28/07 by Rebecca Carpenter
We've been writing about water bottles for a while now, and our Razoo community is really fired up about the topic. So we were psyched to see the latest news about Nalgene and Brita's new partnership, Filter For Good.
The scoop from Filter For Good:
Last year, Americans threw away 38 billion plastic water bottles, about $1 billion worth of plastic. That's a huge waste, especially considering 1.5 million barrels of oil - enough to fuel 100,000 cars for a year - were used to produce the bottles. And that's not even including the oil used for transportation.
You can make a difference by choosing to reduce your contribution to bottle water waste. Brita and Nalgene have partnered to create the FilterForGood pledge, a commitment to reduce your personal waste by giving up bottled water, even if it's just a few days each week.
If you purchase a FilterForGood refillable bottle, you'll also be supporting the Blue Planet Run Foundation, a nonprofit organization working to provide safe drinking water to 200 million people for the rest of their lives by 2027. For every FilterForGood refillable bottle purchased between August 10th and December 31st, 2007, a donation of $4, up to a maximum of $25,000, will be made to the Blue Planet Run Foundation.
Get involved:
Learn the facts about water bottles.
Take the Filter for Good pledge.
Get more information and learn how to get involved on Razoo.
Posted 07/12/07 by Robin Weekley
So, I'm sure you've heard the buzz: No More Bottled Water in San Francisco. That's only partially true, though. In an effort to significantly cut down on bottle water waste in San Francisco and surrounding counties, the mayor of the city has banned city institutions from buying any bottled water, including that in community water coolers. City employees will instead be guzzling municipal water throughout the day except in emergency or health-threatening circumstances.
After finding out that 25% of the bottled water we drink is simply tap water re-packaged, this seems like a pretty wise move on the part of San Francisco.
To get the whole story, check out this CNN article.
