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Plastic bottle or stainless steel? This NY Times Op piece by Daniel Goleman and Gregory Norris sums it up. How Green Is My Bottle?
To summarize, if you think you will buy more than 50 plastic water bottles in your lifetime, then stainless steel is a better environmental choice.
If you only plan on buying one, then plastic has less of an impact on the planet.
Read the story...
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...419bottle.html
Eco Design + Living is an online resource for living sustainably on the Emerald Coast and beyond. For more information e-mail chandra@cfhdesignstudio.com
To summarize, if you think you will buy more than 50 plastic water bottles in your lifetime, then stainless steel is a better environmental choice.
If you only plan on buying one, then plastic has less of an impact on the planet.
Read the story...
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...419bottle.html
Eco Design + Living is an online resource for living sustainably on the Emerald Coast and beyond. For more information e-mail chandra@cfhdesignstudio.com
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