| Custom water bottles are the perfect promotional | | | | found in water packaged in glass bottles, however it |
| giveaway items for your company. By giving away | | | | is widely believed that the contamination is caused by |
| reusable water containers you are making a | | | | plastic containers. |
| statement about sustainability and consumer | | | | Consuming water stored in containers can not only |
| responsibility by promoting an environmentally friendly | | | | be detrimental to your health, but it is also a strain on |
| alternative to buying prepackaged bottled water. | | | | most budgets. Bottled water can be hundreds and |
| Customized containers that hold water which comes | | | | even thousands of times more expensive per unit |
| in bottles made out of polyethylene terephthalate, | | | | than drinking tap water instead. Approximately 90% |
| high density polyethylene plastic, and polycarbonate | | | | of bottled water manufacturers expenses are from |
| plastic. The consumption of water around the world | | | | fabricating the bottle, label, and bottle cap. Campaigns |
| doubled between the years 1997 to 2005, leaving | | | | started against bottled water emphasise the health |
| billions of empty bottles to be thrown away. By | | | | risks and environmental impact of drinking containers |
| reusing your custom bottles, your clients will be | | | | with water on a regular basis. Several religious |
| lessening their impact on landfills across the country | | | | organizations in North America have discussed |
| while promoting your business. | | | | whether or not the resale of a basic resource is an |
| In addition to cutting down on wasted polyethylene | | | | ethical or unethical practice. |
| terephthalate or PET bottles, your customers will be | | | | It is becoming a more common belief that the |
| able to avoid the effects of drinking purified water | | | | purchase of bottled water is not environmentally |
| which contains no fluoride, leading to tooth decay | | | | sustainable and ecologically stable. The benefits of |
| over time. Reusing PET bottles themselves has been | | | | drinking tap water most often outweigh those of |
| found to be harmful as well, leading to the rapid | | | | purchasing bottled water. Several blind taste tests |
| growth of bacteria in the bottles and the breakdown | | | | have been done to see if consumers can taste the |
| of the plastic particles. Studies have shown that | | | | difference between clean tap water and bottled |
| drinking mineral water over time can lead to | | | | water, and it is common for them to not notice a |
| hypercalcemia due to the high levels of calcium | | | | difference. Tap water from Helsinki, Finland was |
| present in the water. Hypercalcemia can increase the | | | | actually preferred more in a blind taste test over |
| risk of developing kidney stones or gall stones. | | | | several Finnish and international brands of bottled |
| Additional studies have shown containers that hold | | | | water. |
| water to contain harmful chemical contaminants at | | | | Custom water containers can help deter consumers |
| levels exceeding state health limits. These chemical | | | | from continuing to purchase overpriced and |
| contaminants could potentially develop into health | | | | environmentally harmful bottled water. They are |
| risks if consumed over long periods of time. Other | | | | especially popular with customers who enjoy healthy, |
| studies have proven that a considerable percentage | | | | active lifestyles. Offering BPA and lead free bottles |
| of bottled water packaged in plastic containers | | | | to your customers is a healthy alternative to the |
| contains a considerable amount of estrogenic | | | | trend of consuming prepackaged water. |
| chemicals. Some estrogenic chemicals have been | | | | |