Eco-Friendly Water Bottles

Are you still drinking bottled water?

There's many reasons most people made the switch to a reusable bottle that range from environmental to health reasons (remember BPA? and it's health concerns?). And when we did, sales of bottled water tanked. As you could imagine, the big guys that bottle up water would prefer we buy their product instead of using our reusable bottles with tap or filtered H2O. What's a beverage company to do?

Well, the Denver Post shared news that these beverage companies are preparing to launch some greener options for bottled water fans. Here's a snipit from their story:

Last year, Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Co. unveiled a new plastic bottle made partially from plants. The Dasani bottle, made from a blend of petroleum-based materials and up to 30 percent plant-based materials, is now rolling out in select markets.

The Eco-Fina half-liter bottle for PepsiCo's Aquafina brand uses 50 percent less plastic than a similar package made in 2002.

Meanwhile, Nestle Waters is touting its next-generation Eco-Shape bottle as one of the lightest half-liter plastic bottles available today. It weighs 9.3 grams on average and uses about 25 percent less plastic than the Eco-Shape bottle launched in 2007.

Niagara Bottling LLC, which bills itself as the largest private-label water producer in America, sees "lightweighting" as a way to keep its prices low.

Are these changes enough for you? Will these innovations persuade you to make a change? Or is it too late - you're happy with your reusable bottle? Share your story with us here in the comments below.

Comments

[Kelly Orehovec]

I will continue to use my reuseable bottle. I just got back from a trip to NYC and saw so many plastic water bottles in the trash cans. It seems like there are so many other reasons to use a reuseable water bottle. In addition to keeping plastic bottles out of the landfill, it is less expensive in the long run to use a reuseable bottle. I would love to hear from folks who will continue to use plastic since there must be some reason to do it that I am not aware of. Nice post Gina!