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Inexpensive Water Bottles: Which Is Best for Your Needs: Squeeze Water Bottles or Bike Bottles?

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Water bottles as promotional items are hotter than ever. It’s also easier than ever to find plastic water bottles at prices to meet every budget. Our four most inexpensive water bottles don’t skimp on quality by any means, and are all very similar. Is one of these bottles best for your needs?

Our 20-ounce Squeeze Water Bottle is BPA-free, like all of the water bottles on Bulletin Bottle [.com]. This bottle comes in white or frost, with nine different push-pull lid colors. Squeeze Water Bottle Colors offers 27 bottle and nine lid choices—three of which are made from 100% recycled materials. You can even mix and match up to four bottle colors for free!

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World Oceans Day 2013 is Coming

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The Eleventh Annual World Oceans Day is coming! On June 8, join millions of people around the world to celebrate the water that links us all.

Ocean_Conservancy_Ocean_TrashSince 2002, The Ocean Project and The World Ocean Network have worked together to coordinate events worldwide. World Oceans Day encourages individuals to think about what the ocean means to them, and how it can be conserved for future generations. When we learn how our daily actions affect the ocean and its inhabitants, we can begin to make changes—even small modifications to everyday habits—that will benefit the ocean.

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Water Bottle Fundraisers: What to Know

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kids_for_the_bay3Many of our clients hold water bottle fundraisers for their nonprofit organization, and have great success with promoting their environmental consciousness with their group’s supporters. However, there are a few things you need to know before selecting which bottle you’ll use for water bottle fundraisers.

1. Age of your primary recipients

Focused on adults? If your bottles will be purchased and used primarily by adults (if you’re a church selling water bottles after services, for example), then you can pick and choose from any water bottle on the Bulletin Bottle website.

Targeting teens? If you’re a high school selling water bottles at your football games, you can choose from any water bottle on our site.

Aiming for tweens or children? This is where it gets tricky. While each water bottle we carry has passed testing for applicable FDA standards, the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) mandates that we take extra precautions when selling water bottles meant PRIMARILY for children under the age of 13. We’ve written a comprehensive FAQ on CPSIA, but in a nutshell, let us know if your audience could be children under 13 so we can help you select bottles that are tested and approved for your age group and your unique needs.

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High School Group Fights for Less Waste, More Reusable Water Bottles

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water_bottle_fill_stationA group of 30 high school students in Kentucky banned together with some impressive allies to install reusable water bottle refilling stations in area high schools.

The Bluegrass Youth Sustainability Council secured funding from Kentucky American Water and the FCPS Child Nutrition Department, and has been instrumental in replacing two water fountains at each school with the fill stations. The stations are located in the school cafeterias and in a second, high-traffic, location. They group is also encouraging students to bring reusable water bottles to school to reduce plastic waste in landfills.

After the first week of use, more than 3,600 reusable bottles were filled throughout five high schools, and usage has been increasing.

Reusable Water Bottles: Bring ‘Em to Colorado National Monument

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The Colorado National Monument is turning to reusable water bottles to help the environment.
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A spokesperson for the park said that a large percentage of waste on trails and roadways is attributed to single-use plastic water bottles. As a result the park has banned the sale of these water bottles. The move will also reduce the risk of park animals ingesting plastic.

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Taiwan Group Using Plastic Bottle Waste to Make a Difference

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blanketsTaiwan’s largest charity, Tzu Chi Foundation, has found a way to make a difference with plastic bottle waste.

The foundation runs 5,400 recycling stations across Taiwan with the help of more than 76,000 volunteers. They work through a13-step process that turns plastic bottle waste into blankets, which are in turn used for relief use—both at home and abroad. Since 2007, they have distributed nearly half a million blankets.

For the volunteers in charge of crushing the plastic bottles, who are from two nearby nursing homes for the mentally ill, the recycling work has also become part of their therapy.

Taiwan started recycling plastic more than a decade ago and today it boasts more than 70% recycling rates, according to the Environmental Protection Administration.

Single-Use Plastic Water Bottle Ban Proposed in Maine

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single_use_water_bottlesOn Monday, a ban on single-use water bottle purchases by state and local governments was proposed to the Maine legislature. Proponents said it would save money and position Maine for a leadership role in a nationwide effort to reduce plastic bottle waste.

Rep. Ben Chipman, a Portland independent and co-sponsor of the bill, said the bill’s passage would result in less waste and send a positive message about the state’s public water supply.

Naturally, the proposal was met with opposition. Some claimed that the bill was written too broadly and failed to include a provision for emergency situations. Others downplayed the issue as minor in their state government.

The Maine Department of Transportation spends nearly $30,000 annually on bottled water—about half of all state spending on bottled water.

Proponents pointed to studies showing no substantial differences in the quality of bottled water and public water supplies. They also referred to a similar ban in San Francisco, which in 2007 prohibited city departments from purchasing bottled water, and Concord’s (MA) recent ban on single-serving water bottles within its town limits.

Massachusetts Teens Propose Plastic Water Bottle Ban

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Every April at Arlington High School in Massachuestts, students in an environmental club talk to freshmen about the harmful effects of plastic water bottles. The talk is part of Earth Day activities at the school, and also includes a tap-versus-bottled water taste test (The students claim that 9 out of 10 kids prefer tap water).Plastic_Bottle_SeaNow three classmates in that club are fighting back against single-use plastic water bottles throughout their town.

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