Future History: Plastic Water Bottles

Recommended QUEST Resources

• Future History: Plastic Water Bottles - take our poll

  What does our use of bottled water say about us? View out 2-minute TV short "Future History: Plastic Water Bottles" to take a look from the perspective of an anthropologist from the distant future, and the take our poll.

• Paper or Plastic?

  This November, San Francisco became the first city in the country to outlaw plastic check out bags at large supermarkets, arguing that the bags are dangerous to marine life and hard to recycle. But some studies say paper bags can be just as harmful for the environment. So why target plastic?

Additional Links

• Container Recycling Institute

   

• Beyond the Bottle

  Beyond The Bottle is a project to map out public sources of water, such as water fountains and community wells, that you can use on the go.