Which water bottle to use?
Alina Tugend of the New York Times is on a mission, to find out if refilling "single-use" plastic bottles for toting about to kids' events, is a bad idea.The answer is Yes. Disposable water bottles are made of PET #1 and the problem with refilling them is that each time you use them, they become more used and scratched, causing them to degrade leaching a metal called antimony, along with other chemicals most likely. But perhaps the biggest problem with reusing single use bottles is the buildup of bacteria. Yuck.
The best choice? You guessed it. A reusable bottle made of glass or stainless steel. If you use plastic, a #2 or #5 plastic is a good option and if you use a hard plastic #7 type, be careful to chuck them if they get scratched and don't wash them in harsh detergents.
Maybe what we need are more water fountains.
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