Summary
In an earlier column, I wrote about the cost-savings and environmental advantages of drinking filtered water using a home- pitcher system rather than buying individual half-liter or gallon bottles of filtered water. Not only can we save at least $1 per gallon by taking this approach, we avoid filling our landfills with plastic bottles.
Even if you are one of the approximately 33 percent of people who responsibly recycle these bottles, there are still energy costs associated with recycling them. I heard from a few readers on this topic.See the full content of this document
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Pouring Out Bottled-Water Tales
Bob Confer, of Pittsburgh, advocated using an installed home water-filter syste...
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