Tea is the second most popular beverage in the world, after water. Asian cultures drink gallons of green, oolong and other teas, and the Brits consume large quantities of black tea. In fact, everywhere in the world, tea is a regular part of life. In many cases, we drink tea because we like it, but as it turns out, it may be extremely healthy for us, too.

Over the years there’s been tons of research on the benefits of tea to our health. And, as we learn more and more, it’s becoming clear that drinking tea may be one of the best things we can do to protect our health and prolong our lives. The University of Toronto Medical Journal outlines the many benefits that drinking tea can offer » Read more: Can Drinking Tea Make You Live Longer?

Today living the green life is much more than just recycling metal cans and paper. It’s the revolution against the water bottle.

Did you know?

o Nearly $11 Billion worth of bottle water ends in landfills, which may never be broken down?
o Only 1 of these 5 bottles ends up being recycled? The rest end up in our landfills or worse yet clogging up our lakes, rivers, and fields.
o 20 Billion single bottles will end up in these landfills
o It can take up to 1,000 years for a bottle to bio-degrade
o It takes 1.5 million barrels of oil (more then what fuels 100,000 cars per year) just to meet the US demand for water. Fill up a water bottle with 1/3 oil and you can see what was used just to make the bottle you are holding.
o It costs more money to drink bottle water than to put gas in your car – up to five times more, because of the energy, packaging and transportation costs. (Source: Earth Policy Institute)
o We drink over 65 million bottles of water in Toronto alone!

A company called I.A.M. Consulting Services has come up with a DO IT NOW Solution to help to give some of these bottles a second chance at reaching the recycling program. In their program of taking recycled bottles and producing usable goods they have developed a product called the Plant Water Bottle system. » Read more: Ingenuity in Green Recycling – 5 Things You Can Do Today to Take Control