Think before you buy your water
Over the past few semesters, you have probably noticed the revamp of the recycling program at Baruch.
The purpose of removing trash bins from all the classrooms and moving them into the atrium on each floor is to encourage recycling.
It has been a difficult change for some students, but take heart in knowing that we are all contributing to a huge positive impact. Still, we can do even more by attacking the problem at its source. Not purchasing water bottles at all would be even better for the environment.
The simple act of putting your money into a machine and getting a water bottle seems harmless, but the truth is, it has a much greater impact on our world than that.
Even though we have increased recycling here at Baruch, the vast majority, almost 75 percent, of water bottles nationwide is not recycled, according to information available on the environmentalist website Earth911.com.
The U.S. National Park Service shows that Americans use 2.5 million plastic bottles every year, and the number keeps rising.
An online resource available on the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services website shows that plastic takes hundreds of years to decompose. In the process, according to an Aug. 19, 2009 article onScienceDaily.com, plastic decomposition releases toxins into the environment.
That is why it is commonly known not to drink from a bottle that has been sitting in a hot car – the plastics can chemically leak into the water you drink.
http://www.theticker.org/about/2.8217/think-before-you-buy-your-water-1.2674929#.TtYJ4GOVrUA
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