Plastic Water Bottles should not be reused and should be ruled out

Most of the plastic containers that bottled water comes in contain harmful chemicals and for this reason they should not be reused. Plastic bottles should have a number (between 1 and 7) printed on the bottom so that consumers are able to differentiate good plastic from bad plastic. The good numbers are 1, 2, 4, and 5 and the bad numbers are 3, 6 and 7. The compounds listed below are deemed ‘bad plastic’ and should be avoided:

• Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
• Polystyrene (PS)
• Polycarbonate

What Are My Alternative Options?

These bad chemicals are leached into the water that you ingest and will have negative consequences for your health if they are repeatedly swallowed. Your best bet would be to rule out plastic bottles as a container to carry and dispense your daily water intake. Recent studies have shown that glass containers are a much healthier alternative. Glass actually preserves the taste of purified water and you can be rest assured that there will be no chemical contaminants that leach off the glass and into your drinking water. Ask yourself this – “What seems more inviting when you need to quench your thirst - A misty plastic bottle sitting in the fridge or a crystal clear, ice-cool looking glass bottle of water?”

Water Purification

The best solution to having the healthiest drinking water available to you daily is to make a ‘once off’ investment in a water purification system. One cannot beat the quality of the water that these systems produce because they remove all the toxic minerals that are found in water. Learn more about water purification systems.