Tibs and I make some conscious efforts to be more sustainable and have less of an impact on the environment. However, like any good consumers, we fall short of the mark. One of the ways we did this was to go through cases of water bottles a week. I had some real anxiety about switching to tap, despite knowing that filtered water is perfectly safe. Knowing doesn't matter with anxiety. Anyway, I finally resolved this year to stop fucking around and switch to filtered water. We got a Brita pitcher filter, which is fine for us because there is no fluoride in our water supply to be filtered out (we get plenty from our dental hygiene routines). We bought some cool refillable, dishwasher-safe water bottles. Within a day of switching, I was completely used to the new routine. I fill my bottle, refill the pitcher and move on with my life. We do have to get some smaller bottles for sneaking into the movie theater, but we're great other than that.
My point is, if you're thinking of cutting water bottles out of your life, it's easy. It's cheap too. We paid a little over $30 for the pitcher, maybe $20 for water bottles and filters are around $10 (we need them about twice a year). I did the math and we've saved more than $100 this year. Next year, we'll save even more because we don't have to buy a pitcher. Oh, I forgot to mention that we don't have to recycle and we take the trash out less. It's an all-around win.
My point is, if you're thinking of cutting water bottles out of your life, it's easy. It's cheap too. We paid a little over $30 for the pitcher, maybe $20 for water bottles and filters are around $10 (we need them about twice a year). I did the math and we've saved more than $100 this year. Next year, we'll save even more because we don't have to buy a pitcher. Oh, I forgot to mention that we don't have to recycle and we take the trash out less. It's an all-around win.
