Links

= = = Alternatives: Pur, Brita – filtering products and Reusable Bottles = __**Reuseable bottles**__ -do a google search for resusable water bottles, plenty to choose from!

Other Schools' working to Reduce Plastic or advocate for other Environmental Issues

 * Herricks High School, NY - take a pledge to use eco-friendly bags, not plastic!!!

Lesson Plans for Environmental Projection
@http://www.epa.gov/teachers/conservation.htm - EPA lesson plans for grades K-12

= Information = = = = = =What is in your Bottled Water? Read this article to learn the truth!= = Benefits for environment, Your Wallet, Your Health: @http://bit.ly/h4RKGP = = = = ACUA (Atlantic County Utilities Authority) - http://www.acua.com = = = = Cost analysis - @http://www.recyclingnj.com/reduce.html = = = = Misconceptions about recycling - @http://www.ecologycenter.org/ptf/misconceptions.html (thus the cost of producing new containers is still present) = = = = Energy conservation - @http://www.ecologycenter.org/ptf/misconceptions.html = = = = Energy costs - [] = = = = Cost of making bottles, and bottled water use is rising - @http://www.scienceline.org/2008/05/ask-intagliata-plastic/ = = = = Facts about plastic bottles: **http://tinyurl.com/6rwvyd**= = = = Pepsi’s Aquafina is filtered tap water: @http://money.cnn.com/2007/07/27/news/companies/pepsi_coke/ = = = = Safety or quality of bottled water – **“An estimated 25 percent or more of bottled water is really just tap water in a bottle—sometimes further treated, sometimes not.”** @http://www.nrdc.org/water/drinking/bw/exesum.asp Tap vs. Bottled: @http://www.ehso.com/ehshome/DrWater/drinkingwater.php =