RE: [greenyes] reusable water bottles

[michelle smith <pcrecycles@no.address>]

Can someone please re-post the article about this?
thanks, michelle

Heide Feldman <hfeldman@no.address> wrote:
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
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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" 
To: "Amy Hemmert" ; 
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!









Michelle Smith
Recycling Progam
Office of Environmental Health and Safety
Providence College
Providence, RI  02918

(401) 865-1881

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