Day 26

FINALLY the day as come, the moment I've been waiting for, for 21 days I can finally have a water bottle and finish it and not have to refill it. Now I will be more aware of the harm not recycling water bottles has on the environment. After an exhausting trip to Wonderland, we had returned straight from the coach bus to Relay for Life at school. I had been so exhausted because I was so dehydrated, I spent the entire first hour of relay at the water fountain drinking water. At supper they were giving out water bottles, so I waited till Hushala was done her water bottle so she could give it to me and i could continue refilling that water bottle all night long. This assignment was really enlightening on the problems water bottles cause in the environment.

Day 24

I only have two more posts left and I can't wait before I finally get to have a water bottle and not have to refill it. The water bottles at my house have been filling up and I have to do my duty and finish them and recycle them so they don't end up in the trash because of my family. Now at least instead of just walking by a water bottle I will be concerned enough to pick it up and go recycle it, and I will encourage the other members of my family to do the same. If we all worked together and recycled then atleast the water bottles from our household will be recycled and turned into lightbulbs, or recycled into other items needed for our world.

Day 22

Today I'm going to Wonderland on a coach bus, where there is no place for me to refill my water bottle, and to add to the difficulties I'm extremely sick so I need water every two seconds. Since the coach bus only stops at one service centre which is usually the last service station before Toronto, I can't finish my water. If only coach buses had water fountains, or atleast the type of water you get in a doctors office, with the refillable huge jugs of water. At the service station I couldn't find a water fountain and I was not about to go fill my water in the restroom so I had to buy a water bottle. When we finally got to Wonderland I found a water fountain to refill my water bottle. Over the course of the night I kept running in between roller coasters to go fill my water bottle. At the park there was only one water fountain I could find and that was at the front of park and most of the rides were at the back so it was hard at times to go run, especially in the rain. On my way back to Ottawa I had bought another water bottle at Tim Hortins because I lost my water bottle at the end of my time at Wonderland.

Day 19

I can't wait till this assignment is done, I know this assignment is supposed to make me realize and learn to live a better life, but I cannot give up water bottles. Everytime I fill a water bottle at 10 pm I end up finishing it at 12 when i'm ready to go to bed and then I go and refill it, but then I finish that water bottle around 2 am and since i'll most likely be thirsty again I have to get up and go fill it. If these were the good old days, I would just open the drawer next to my bed and get a water bottle without even getting up. Once again today I left to school forgetting my refillable water bottle, I'm sick so I can't ask for a sip from a friend's water bottle and I can't keep asking to leave class everytime I'm thirsty. So I had to wait till my friend was done her slushie drink so I can refill it with water and drink from it. If I continue to forget my refillable water bottle then I'm going to have to wait around forever.

Day 17

There was a sale for water bottles and my father went and bought 7 cases of 24 pack water bottles. Everytime there is a sale on water bottles my parents buy more than 5 cases at a time. This is main reason why I always have a water bottle and I drink from them, then going and refilling it or drinking water from a glass. In my family at dinner you don't have a glass of water, you have a water bottle. Now that I'm doing this assignment I haven't gotten a water bottle this as made me lose interest in water. I barely drink water now I used to drink atleast 3 water bottles a day, but now I only have water once a day. Even though I refill the water from the water fountain I never liked the taste, I've been so accustomed to the taste from water bottles. Though I realize the water from water bottles is from tap, it still doesn't taste the same. Maybe the tap water Aquafina uses from detroit is just better tasting then the tap water in Ottawa.

Day 15

I never liked plastic reusable water bottles, so I am looking for a stainless steel water bottle, but the main reason I don't like those either is because they make the water have a metally taste. Another reason I don't like plastic reusable water bottles because I always see them leaking. So I tried to find a stainless steel reusable water bottle that didn't make the water have a metally taste. I found a reusable water bottle that says their bottles don't have a metally taste. This water bottle is the S'well water bottle created by Sarah Kauss. This unique water bottle didn't have the metally taste, the top of the bottle was big enough for ice cubes and the cap was tight enough that no liquid can escape. The bottle is a 17 oz water bottle, the reason why it doesn't have a metally taste is because other bottles have a lower quality stainless steel or is lined with plastic, so when the plastic wears away, you can taste the metal. The S'well bottle on the other hand is made out of the highest quality stainless steel possible, so it doesn't leach into the drink. In this bottle there are two walls of stainless steel, so it keeps hot drinks hot all day long without being hot to touch on the outside - and if you add ice cubes, it keeps your drink cold for two days. This reusable water bottle looks and feels good, its clean and functional, and its insulated to keep drinks cold and hot. If this reusable water bottle was sold in stores, I would defiantly go buy one.

Day 11

I need to actually buy a reusable water bottle instead of reusing my plastic one because the plastic one isn't even in the shape of a water bottle; it has been crushed into a small clump of plastic. If they sold more water bottles like these at regular stores instead of buying it online more people would be interested in using reusable water bottles. Reusable water bottles should be advertised more in the media, they should be placed strategically in T V shows, movies, and in the music industry. For example the Nuva Vodka is marketed quite efficiently in all the new and upcoming music videos, mostly in rap and hip hop. Usually shown in a club seen but sometimes seen elsewhere, those videos show it the drink can be drank at a party or even in a small social gathering. Since most people watch music videos and see this product they are more likely to get it. If reusable water bottles were more vastly marketed to the younger generation then in the future they could be more used then plastic water bottles.