plastic stays in landfills 20 years before it breaks down while aluminum cans can be recycled quicker.
What baffles me is why people even buy bottled waterWhy doesn't everybody just buy a water filter system and filter it themselves? I bought a Brita pitcher for $18 dollarsMy experience has been that it filters far more water than what it statesI usually get a solid 3 - 6 months of filtration before I have to change the filterI use a lot of water, and I filter all my water for cookingI can only agree with some of the previous postersPlastic is easier to mold, doesn't require a lot of heat in the process, and companies are solely concerned with their profits, not the environmentI truly believe that companies that donate money towards a green cause, do so for the sole purpose of looking good in the public's eyeTheir practices more than negate any contributions that they makeFor example, one company states on the side of the bottle, The bottle has 33% less plastic in it than other leading brandsWe're a company concerned with our environmentWhat a load of rubbish! Yea their container is paper thinIt feels like a water ballon when you hold itThat company saved 33% in their materials bill by making the containers thinnerIf they really cared about the environment, they wouldn't sell bottled water in plastic containers! When I was a kid, nearly everything came in returnable glass containersNo worries about a landfill because the container was resused over and over again for decadesSure glass breaks, but I don't remember it being some big dealDoes an aluminum can rupture each time you drop it? I remember aluminum cans rupturing far more frequently than glass bottles breaking.
