Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Just an Update

I've been watching a couple of documentaries I think are pretty interesting that deal with the topic of using plastic.

The first documentary is called "Tapped" and it looks into the bottled water industry and how much money companies are making by selling bottled water (even though they say most of the bottled water is just filtered tap water).  It also talks about damage done to local water supplies where companies take water from as well as the pollution all of the plastic usage is causing in the Earth's oceans.

The second documentary is called "Addicted to Plastic" which mainly discusses pollution and environmental effects of using and producing plastic.  It also talks a great deal about ways companies all over the world are taking initiative to create plastics out of plant based material so it can biodegrade.  "Addicted to Plastic" also goes into detail about how some companies are trying to solve recycling problems and are trying to reduce the amount of waste that ends up in landfills.

I will go into further detail on what I've learned in these documentaries when I have a little more time (hopefully soon).

Thursday, March 17, 2011

The Purpose of this Blog

The purpose of this blog will be to look into the environmental impacts of  using plastic bottles and the pollution caused by not recycling them.  I will also look into alternatives to these plastic bottles so we can reduce the amount of waste going into our landfills.


This is my first blog so we will see how it goes.