Aluminum Water Bottle

This weekend at Target I was able to buy something I had my eye on during the week... It was on sale for $10 -- originally 12.98. It is a Gaiam aluminum water bottle. The first time I saw them in the store I thought, OK, these look cool but why do I need one? Here's what the label says:

Why Aluminum?

86% of plastic water bottles used in the United States end up in landfills, taking up to 1,000 years to biodegrade Transporting bottled water consumes approximately 1.5 million barrels of fossil fuel per year Americans are currently adding 30 million PET water bottles to our landfills every day When you use an aluminum bottle, your water remains free of unhealthy plastic residues

Sounds good to me! So other than the Earth-friendly ones, here are the me-friendly reasons I bought it:

• BPA Free - I know, it's aluminum but sometimes aluminum containers are lined with something containing BPA (supposedly, I've only read that once)
• Lots of really cute designs (couldn't find a manly enough looking one for Erik though...)
• Holds a lot more than my (recycled) plastic bottle
• Can hold hot or cold liquids -- not frozen or boiling
• And my favorite... you can put things other than water in it! Awesome!

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