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mi4 Poll - Let Your Opinions Be Heard!

Single Use Plastic Bottles
It's been estimated that Americans buy more than 25 billion single use plastic water bottles and more than 80 percent of the bottles end up being thrown away instead of being recycled. Unfortunately, these bottles do not decompose like normal trash and can remain intact in landfill sites for over 1000 years. Here are some other alarming facts about plastic bottles:
  • Over 1.5 million barrels of oil were used to make the plastic bottles consumed in the U.S. last year?not counting the petroleum used to transport them.
  • Certain plastics have been shown to leach Biphesenol A, a hormone disruptor.
  • While some bottles do end up getting recycled, in reality they are downcycled, being turned into other products leaving most new water bottles to require newly-manufactured plastic.
  • Tap water is highly regulated, while bottled water is not.
What's your opinion on this issue?
 
It's OK like it is
Add a 10 cent deposit for each bottle, so people recycle
Stop the sale of single-use plastic bottles
Only use bottles that break-down within 2 years of disposal
 
Let us know what you think and we will total the results and send them to our governmental leaders. We will also email you the total result so you know what others think too. Together, we can make a difference.
 
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