We all need to drink more water. It aids in digestion, clears our skin, and gives us energy. But what do you do if your tap water tastes bad, you’re worried about your building’s old pipes, and you want to avoid plastic bottles and cartridges? It’s a modern dilemma: Icky tap water and too much plastic.
But there is hope. Adding bamboo charcoal to tap water improves taste and reduces plastic use.
Here’s what you can do:
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Toss the plastic pitcher with plastic cartridges from your refrigerator into the trash. Having water sit in plastic is never appetizing.
Find a glass carafe at your local secondhand store or online and add a few pieces of bamboo charcoal. Within minutes, you will have tasty tap water in your home or office. Your water will be loaded with minerals like calcium and magnesium. Tasty water is much easier to drink.
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Ditch the plastic bottle. Why pay money for a single serving of water?
Add bamboo charcoal to a canteen or reusable glass bottle. You can have purified tap water wherever you go! If you have bamboo charcoal in your bottle, you can fill your vessel with tap water from public water sources (even bathroom faucets).
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Keep a carafe by your bed.
Purified water at your fingertips is a great way to start the day. Rather than rushing to the kitchen to make coffee, try drinking a delicious glass of water first thing in the morning. Coffee has it’s perks (no pun intended), but it actually dehydrates the body. Starting the day off with a fresh, filtered, and flavorful glass of water will revitalize your cells after a long night’s sleep.