Stainless steel water bottles have become a status symbol. Some are debating if this symbol for reuse is now encouraging wasteful consumerism.
Reusable water bottles have transformed from tools for sustainability to status symbols, but environmental experts say they're still better for the environment than plastic., the scene of a family picnic advertised a revolutionary canteen: a vacuum sealed product that would keep hot things hot and cold things cold.
But Stanley is just the latest receptacle to get wrapped up in the reusable water bottle trend. Before it came: YETI, Hydroflask, Swell, Nalgene, and more. Constantly buying new reusable bottles casts doubt on just how sustainable these bottles are, andExperts argue that’s not necessarily a bad thing—any step toward sustainability may be a good step, even if it’s for aesthetic purposes, so long as consumers are actually using the bottles for their intended purpose: reuse.
“Ask yourself why you want this particular thing? Do you think it sends a message about who you are? Will you actually use it for 10 plus years?” says Barber. Annually, approximately eight million tons of plastic waste finds its way into the ocean, akin to placing five garbage bags filled with trash along every foot of coastline globally.
“There is no question about it, single use plastic is the worst,” says Thanos Bourtsalas, an expert on the circular economy at Columbia University. He notes that while an individual single-use plastic bottle may take less energy to produce, the impact of plastic pollution is a far greater threat to not only marine environments, but even human health.
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