Have you ever arrived at work or school to realize your coffee is no longer hot? Have you ever been laying under the sun wanting to be refreshed by something cold to only be greeted by an unpleasant lukewarm drink? With the invention of MyMug you will no longer be caught in these unfortunate events! MyMug users can electronically control their drink temperature to be comfortably warm, or satisfyingly cold. MyMug is like that of a conventional travelling mug; with the additional electronic…
advantage of having a separate display or having big signs and a great sale at such a popular time in the year for events and holidays. Other brands also did not offer the same amount of bottles of water in a case as well, such as Aquafina was selling 12 bottles of water for a little more than the price I could get 24 bottles with Poland Spring. The in-store promotion influenced my purchase dramatically. Even before hitting the water isle Poland Spring’s brand had caught my eye and with such a…
Plastic Bottles Are Just Big Trouble “50 billion plastic bottles are used each year in America, that’s enough to wrap around the world 190 times,” (Leithman). Even though plastic bottles are popular now, when they were first created in 1947, they were very expensive and not many people bought them. However, in 1960, high-density polyethylene was made and introduced to the public. As the demand for plastic bottles escalated, consumers produced more plastic bottles for cheap, while selling the…
When a brand becomes predominant in the market others try to emulate the leader (de Chernatony et al. 2011: 353). The competition assumes that their idea or strategy is right, so they imitate it with the goal of improving it- making it better (Reis 2014 11-12). However, better is a difficult concept to communicate to consumers and it does not always work (Reis 2014 11-12). Better, is a perception, as in asking if Coke taste better than Pepsi (Reis 2014 11-12)? The belief that something is better…
useful ideas on how to limit the use and waste of plastic water bottles and they are: reusing the bottles at home, recycling with a reputable recycler, and using refillable bottles when able. Using old material at home to create new goods has become a growing part of the US society mainly because of sites like Pinterest that show creative ways to reuse things that would normally be thrown away. This is the same even with plastic bottles, such as making them into lamps, storage devices, car…
Water is a natural gift given to us by nature. Some of us drink it when we are thirsty and some of us drink it when we are fully hydrated. The surprising thing is that there are some people who do not like drinking water at all. In fact, we need water to keep our health well no matter who we are. The importance of drinking water for our bodies is paramount to our health, because it makes up to 70 percent of our bodies’ weight. Drinking water regularly in daily basis is the best gift we can offer…
This article, Forget Shorter Showers by Derrick Jensen shows how humans are gullible on personal consumption. For instance, how saving water in order to not pollute the environment is extremely important. Or to even use not as much waterer, energy, and waste to keep the environment “simply”. Jensen continues to explain how individuals are being led into believing that their personal consumption is immensely damaging to the environment. On the contrary, Jensen believes that is completely wrong…
Choice” It states many good things about bottled water. One of the biggest things they talk about is that it is very convenient and that means when you’re on the go you just grab a bottle of water right out of the fridge, or when you are at a store and you’re thirsty they sell water bottles! If there were no water bottles it would be very odd because you would go to a gas station and there would…
tap water should be a more favored choice because it can be purified and put into non plastic bottles. In various parts of the passage “Goodbye, Bottled Water?” it explains how plastic water bottles take years to biodegrade, leaking toxic additives into the ground water. My main reason for being against bottled water is because it hurts our environment. It takes 1,000 years for 1 billion plastic bottles to biodegrade in landfills, leaking toxins,such as phthalates, into the ground water in the…
Using a water bottle or hydration pack for backpacking is really an issue of personal preference. ContentsWater bottle vs. hydration pack Hydration packs or bladders give the option to sip water on-the-go without needing to remove a water bottle from a pocket, day-pack, or backpack. This extra convenience means it is possible to drink more water and stay hydrated without even realizing it. But the water bottle can provide a variety of benefits over the hydration pack.Hiking with a…