BYOWB

Well, as a Canadian and an E&O Health student and enthusiast, I wanted to share with you the growing concern for our planet and the forever popular water bottle. Mexico, in Playa especially, there is a massive dependency on water bottles because for the most part it is unsafe to ingest the tap water. As a result, the amount of bottles ending up in the garbage is unmanageable and now it is also posing contamination threats to human as well.

BYOB. If you're visiting Playa short or long term, reuse one bottle. As it stands, plastic bottles and even the very popular brands (do some searches on the internet) are not safe for our health. However Playa does not have solutions available at this time for alternatives. For now, buy and bring your own bottle preferably a stainless steel bottle, as I know these are not available in Playa yet. There are various ways to educate yourself about plastics and pollution and to help prevent this showing up in the Mexican ecosystem or yourself, reuse your own bottle, filling up your bottles at home to reduce the stress of plastic on the environment. I have done some extensive documentation and have found these bottles everywhere.



What I think would be ideal, is for there to be "water stations" installed throughout the area especially in tourist locations. Making refilling water bottles easy, affordable, fun and most of all ethical! We certainly do not want to participate in the destruction of the environment or ourselves so let's push for new solutions before it's too late!

If you are in Canada, MEC offers a variety of affordable bottles (alternatives), ones I am also looking into purchasing for my life in Playa.

You can learn more about this issue at Toxic Nation which will help arm yourself with protective knowledge that applies everywhere you go.