Do you think this would make a difference?

Question

would it help with water if people wouldn't throw away bottles with any liquid it like empty your entire water bottle out before you throw it away or pop bottles or instead of throwing out cans that expired or things like that let out everything?? because people are talking about water conservation. well everything that goes down the drain gets treated and then out into the atmosphere again things like bottles and what not it may get trapped in there and then just goes into a dump.. so why not just empty everything out and worry about that instead of showers and things along those lines... what do you think??

Answer 1

All you need to do is recycle.

Answer 2

If you are not sure of what to do, and want to help, it's easy. Just don't waste anything. Pick up after yourself, and respect others. Only buy what you need. Try this for a while and you will realize there are a lot of things that you don't need that end up in a land fill or worse in our water supply.

Answer 3

It would make more of a difference not using bottled water. It takes a lot more water and energy to make the bottles, fill them and transport than a drink from your faucet.

The action you are talking about would probably amount to maybe a quart of water per day per person. Taking 1 minute off of your shower can save 10-20 gallons. Not flushing once per day can save from 1.6- 5 gallons. Watering you lawn on alternate days can save up to 1000 gallons.

So I say switch to tap water, get a filter if you feel you need to and conserve water in other ways. Anyone who recycles knows they want every drop of liquid out of the bottles before they will accept them.

Answer 4

I already do that, and I think that you should do it also.

Answer 5

Of course it would help if people would stop wasting. But whether it's down the drain or in the bottle waste is waste.