Earth Day’s just two days away and, if you haven’t already, it’s time to do away with using plastic water bottles!
More than 2 million plastic bottles are used every 5 minutes in the US alone. Sure you can recycle them but as few as 10% actually make it to a recycling bin. Check out the image below; it’s an “island” of mostly plastic trash, twice the size of Texas in the Pacific Ocean.

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Plus, it’s not just the bottles themselves that cause problems – 17 million barrels of oil are used each year producing bottled water.
Luckily, there are a slew of options to help you stay hydrated and carry your H2O in style. Here are a few of our faves:
Not impressed? Design your own. SIGG allows you to upload photos and add text to make it one-of-a-kind. File that in your head under “potential gift ideas.”
To make giving up plastic even easier on you, we’re giving away 10 SocialVibe aluminum water bottles. Leave a comment, letting us know why you are scaling down your plastic use. We’ll choose 10 people to receive one of these eco-fabulous bottles from SV! Make sure you comment by 11:59pm (Pacific) tomorrow, April 21st.

Good Luck!




















