RE: [greenyes] reusable water bottles

["Heide Feldman" <hfeldman@no.address>]

Thanks for getting out the work, Pat.  I've bought a stainless steel
small thermos for my water.  Not cheap but I hope it'll last a while, I
can put in the dishwasher, and it doesn't leach anything horrible!

Heidi Feldman
Public Education Coordinator
Monterey Regional Waste Management District
Tel.: 831/384-5313     FAX: 831/384-3567

-----Original Message-----
From: Pat Franklin [mailto:pfranklin@no.address] 
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 3:01 AM
To: Van Calvez; Heide Feldman; Amy Hemmert
Cc: greenyes@no.address
Subject: RE: [greenyes] reusable water bottles

Hello -- I reuse my water bottle and I CARE.  I've also just written a
Letter from the Editor in our newsletter about this very issue. I may
resort
to a glass bottle.


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Patricia Franklin
Executive Director
Container Recycling Institute
1911 N. Fort Myer Drive, Ste. 702
Arlington, VA 22209

TEL:   703.276.9800
FAX:   703.276.9587
EMAIL: pfranklin@no.address

http://www.container-recycling.org
http://www.bottlebill.info
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-----Original Message-----
From: Van Calvez [mailto:vcalvez@no.address]
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 11:28 PM
To: Heide Feldman; Amy Hemmert
Cc: greenyes@no.address
Subject: Re: [greenyes] reusable water bottles


I too am concerned about this issue and I am surprised how little
response
this generates on the GreenYes list serve.

This seems like it could be a significant public health issue.  How many
people reuse plastic water bottles?
We're talking about phthalates leaching out of water bottles.
Phthalates
are a major reproductive toxin.

If it leaches on repeated use, has anyone tested if it leaches after
sitting
in a hot warehouse for a year?

Why does it seem that no one cares about this?

Van Calvez
Human Nature Solutions
Bainbridge, WA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Heide Feldman" <hfeldman@no.address>
To: "Amy Hemmert" <mhemmert@no.address>; <greenyes@no.address>
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 2:31 PM
Subject: RE: [greenyes] reusable water bottles


This article ran a while ago, had good info about the subject of reusing
water bottles.  It made some of us rethink how long we want to hold on
to that little plastic bottle!