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Recycling is good, but, have you thought about the energy it takes to recycle. I save recycling energy by washing my empty drinking water bottle with hot water, refilling the bottles and putting them back in the refrigerator. I do this about two to three times before trashing them. This reduces the recycling frequencies and saves energy. I can also do this with empty 1 gallon drinking water containers. Explain

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This is a wonderful way to save energy, however, there are there are some credible reports which state that reusing bottle of water is bad for your health. Plastic bottle contain Bisphenol A (BPA), which is a chemical that is bad for our health. When you wash the bottles in hot water, it causes ...

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