Water Bottles

The Water Bottle That Syncs With Your iPhone

The Huffington Post | Drew Guarini | Posted 04.25.2012

Americans buy nearly a billion bottles per week, according to some estimates. From the 51 billion total purchased per year, less than a quarter are re...

Earth Week Challenge: Day 3

Posted 04.18.2012

Day 3: Earth Week Challenge -- Reusable Bottle Wednesday From April 16-22, HuffPost Green invites you to take on one simple endeavor per day to red...

End Game: The Petitions to Ban BPA

Matthew Spiegl | Posted 05.20.2012

Matthew Spiegl

As scientists continue to study the effects of BPA on humans, the FDA is finding that it is the one under the microscope -- the microscope of public scrutiny, that is -- and what we are seeing is troubling.

Iowa City, IA: Local Mom Confronts Wasteful Water Bottles Through Water Refill Business Plan

iowacity.patch.com | Posted 12.09.2011

"We just don't live in this bubble inside our home, we're part of a greater world, we're interdependent."...

The 7 Best Gym-Free Workout Routines

Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted 09.25.2011

Big Girls, Small Kitchen

A gym membership was out of the question; the price of a month-long membership to anywhere is INSANE, and I didn't have a way to get there anyway. So I came up with my own routines.

PHOTOS: Top Ten Beautiful Reusable Water Bottles

Jaime Derringer | Posted 05.25.2011

Jaime Derringer

I drink a lot of water. Not just because I'm supposed to, but because I've developed a taste for it, a craving. I'm never without my trusty reusable w...

PHOTOS: Cities Crack The Whip For The Planet

Huffington Post | Alden Wicker | Posted 05.25.2011

There are many environmental issues that need addressing. But with the federal and state governments moving at their usual pace, cities are getting fe...

Lara Hodgson, Nourish: 27 Million And Counting

The Huffington Post/AOL Small Business | Lauren Drell | Posted 07.30.2011

Starting your own business is a noble -- not to mention exciting, rewarding and often crazy -- undertaking. The experience is an adventure, to say the...

PHOTOS: 8 Ways You Can Be Fooled By Your Food

Huffington Post | Alden Wicker | Posted 05.25.2011

We heartily applaud any effort to green your diet. But beware: looks can be misleading. While organic is much better for the environment since it ex...

In Preservation Effort, Italy Bans Plastic Water Bottles Along Heritage Coastline

Telegraph | Nick Squires in Rome | Posted 05.25.2011

Hikers and tourists visiting one of Italy's most scenic stretches of coastline have been banned from carrying plastic bottles of water amid fears that...

What is EVIAN Spelled Backward? Don't Be That Person. Get a Bobble

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

Jesse Kornbluth

Here's the craziest thing about bottled water: 25% to 40% comes from a public tap. If you're going to pay for tap water, why not start with tap water and filter it yourself? That is the light bulb idea behind Bobble Water Bottles.

High-Grade Goods: Take Back-to-School Shopping Back to the Earth

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

Avital Binshtock

These pens and mechanical pencils from Paper Mate look and feel like regular plastic but are made of biodegradable sugar-plant parts. Their packaging is plastic-free and 100 percent recyclable.

Concord Bans Bottled Water Sales, Cites Oil Used To Make Bottles

WCVB Boston | Posted 05.25.2011

CONCORD, Mass. -- The town of Concord has banned the sale of bottled drinking water in town beginning in 2011....

Earth Day: Cool Alternatives to Bottled Water

Jill Donenfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Jill Donenfeld

Americans buy more than $22 billion worth of plastic water bottles every year--that's more than 70 million bottles consumed daily. And worse, only 17 percent of those are recycled.

5 Green Living Resolutions You Can Handle

ecofabulous.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Welcome to 2009! The year of the eco-ox. On the off chance that you're still recovering from too many libations and you haven't had a moment to write ...

WORLD WATER DAY: The Water Bottle Lie and Your Health (VIDEO)

Edison de Mello, M.D., Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Edison de Mello, M.D., Ph.D.

We urge all of you to take a stand and not only demand more strict regulation by the FDA but also find safer and environmentally conscious alternatives to bottled water.

The Best Reusable Water Bottles (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Lindsay Armstrong | Posted 05.25.2011

Worldwide, 2.7 million tons of plastic are used each year to make disposable drinking bottles. Manufacturing these bottles requires an estimated 47 mi...

Pink Washing the Dangers of Bottled Water

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 05.25.2011

Lisa Kaas Boyle

Perhaps Sparkletts is promoting an alliance with a cancer charity as a PR strategy to distract consumers from Sparkletts' more significant association with their bottles, which are made with a known carcinogen -- BPA.

No More Plastic Water Bottles

Adele Israel | Posted 05.25.2011

Adele Israel

I attempted to estimate the number of plastic bottles of water sold in Grand Junction in one week. But discount giants and other corporations hold on to sales figures tighter than oil companies hang on to fracking formulas.

Age of Stupid: Environmentalism is Alive and Well

Ryan Mickle | Posted 05.25.2011

Ryan Mickle

We're still screwed, even if we drive Priuses and buy organic food and less toxic home cleaning products. Either we completely reinvent the way we live, or the fat lady sings. And she is warming up in back room.

Water Bottle Deposits To Start This Fall In NY

AP | MICHAEL VIRTANEN | Posted 05.25.2011

ALBANY, N.Y. — Mandatory deposits on water bottles are expected to start this fall in New York, while the Paterson administration considers chan...

SIGG CEO: I'm Sorry

Steve Wasik | Posted 05.25.2011

Steve Wasik

I am writing to apologize. As Chief Executive Officer of SIGG, a leading maker of reusable water bottles, I made a mistake when I decided not to announce that our old bottle liner contained trace amounts of bisphenol A.

SIGG Should Apologize, Offer Refunds to Consumers

Ken Cook | Posted 05.25.2011

Ken Cook

Nothing SIGG CEO Steve Wasik has said changed my view about their discredited efforts to mislead consumers and retailers about its products.

Can SIGG Salvage Its Brand After BPA?

Elaine Shannon | Posted 05.25.2011

Elaine Shannon

Steve Wasik, chief executive officer of SIGG, has made an astonishing admission: the company's aluminum water bottles manufactured before August 2008, were made with epoxy resin that contains bisphenol A (BPA).

Why I'll Swig From My Sigg No More

Nena Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

Nena Baker

Good-bye Sigg. Hello Klean Kanteen.