Tag Archives: Water Bottles

“No New Plastic” Challenge

Posted on April 25, 2011 by admin

Hopefully you all had a fun Earth Day! Little things like using a Hydro Flask double-wall, vacuum-insulated water bottle instead of a disposable plastic bottle really reduce waste filling up landfills. Remember, each Hydro Flask is BPA-free, non-leaching and 100% … Continue reading →

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Hazards of Aluminum Water Bottles

Posted on February 10, 2011 by admin

Time to ditch that aluminum water bottle and get yourself a Hydro Flask! Continue reading →

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Keeping That New Year’s Resolution Through the New Year

Posted on January 31, 2011 by admin

Want to keep that resolution going strong? Here are some helpful tips. Continue reading →

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TapIt helps make clean water accessible to the public

Posted on July 8, 2010 by admin

TapIt is an organization that was founded in New York City in 2008 to form a water bottle refilling network for people on the go. Instead of stopping into the store to buy a plastic bottle filled with water, New … Continue reading →

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Paper or plastic? How about Neither!

Posted on February 26, 2010 by admin

One of my favorite ideas for a greener lifestyle concerns trash.  In my days as a Central Oregon builder, I visited the Knott Landfill on more than one occasion.  While our dump is afforded with some of the best mountain … Continue reading →

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How Green Is Your SIGG Water Bottle?

Posted on October 29, 2009 by admin

SIGG’s trendy aluminum water bottles have scored a lot of free advertising in recent years. In Touch Weekly raved about how Madonna’s kids sipped from the lightweight, eco-conscious and super-cute bottles. Julia Roberts was photographed with one. Jennifer Garner was … Continue reading →

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Scientists chastise government for drawing out BPA study

Posted on October 12, 2009 by admin

The government is wasting millions of dollars by examining the effects of a common household chemical that has already been the subject of more than 900 studies, say 33 scientific experts on bisphenol A. The scientists, most from universities, have … Continue reading →

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Why I’ll Swig From My Sigg No More

Posted on August 26, 2009 by admin

“After I finished my talk about the hazards of bisphenol A at Powell’s City of Books in Portland, Oregon last week, I immediately reached beneath the podium and took a swig from my reusable Sigg water bottle. The polite applause subsided, and … Continue reading →

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Water Bottles Marketed To BPA-Fearing Parents Contained BPA All Along

Posted on August 24, 2009 by admin

I may as well attach my Nalgene bottles to myself with steel cables, but it seems like everyone is switching over to metal bottles because of the public’s new-found fear of plastic additive bisphenol-A (BPA.) One of the major manufacturers … Continue reading →

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SIGG Update: Did We Get It Right?

Posted on August 21, 2009 by admin

Michael Arrington of Techcrunch has said about blogging: “Better to get it fast than to get it right.” And sometimes we do get it wrong. A year and a half ago I wrote about the issue of Bisphenol A in … Continue reading →

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