Alternatives+to+Packaged+Beverages

install more water fountains in schools and office buildings
 * Alternatives to Packaged Beverages
 * In 2000 the average person bought over 600 packaged beverages in one year (Container Recycling Institute)
 * "Americans buy an estimated 34.6 billion single-serving (1 liter or less) plastic water bottles each year. Almost eight out of ten end up in a landfill or incinerator. Hundreds of millions end up as litter on roads and beaches or in streams and other waterways. Taxpayers pay hundreds millions of dollars each year in disposal and litter cleanup costs.That's 877 bottles wasted every second" //(Container Recycling Institute) //
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 * In 2006, more than 138 billion beverage bottles and cans were **//not //**  recycled. (Container Recycling Institute)
 * How we can reduce waste of bottled water
 * use refillable water bottles
 * Incentives for re-using containers.
 * Many schools and businesses offer financial incentives to those who bring their own beverage container rather than using a disposable one.
 * [|Starbucks' Bean to Cup program] <span style="color: #0927b3; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Offers a 10¢ discount to customers who use their own mugs
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">University of Vermont's reusable mug program
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">[|The University of Buffalo]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">[|Concordia University's Lug-A-Mug Campaign]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">[|University of Guelph's Sustainability Initiatives]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">[|Gotimplora] <span style="color: #0927b3; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">The Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona has designed a reusable bottle/cup combo to reduce waste on its campus
 * <span style="color: #0927b3; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">use filters such as brita filters instead of buying bottled water