Back To The Tap: Self-Filtering Water Bottle

Bottled water accounts for a tremendous percentage of the plastic bottles that are currently eating up the world’s valuable landfill real-estate. Despite living in a country where tap water is about as safe as it gets, it’s a lot easier to opt for prepackaged bottled water that’s ready to go wherever you are. Back To The Tap’s strategy? Provide that same convenience and taste in a reusable bottle that filters its water on its way to your lips.

Though, in terms of style, Back To The Tap’s bottle design isn’t exactly cutting-edge, the technology behind it is green enough to make up for its less-than-stellar aesthetics. The company’s bottles come in both 16oz and 20oz varieties along with biological filter counterparts that are powerful enough to filter out anthrax (if that’s a concern for you).

Each filter is quoted to handle up to 80 gallons of water and at $10 per refill, the filters exchange an upfront investment for savings that can be quite substantial for both your wallet and the environment alike. Assuming that you spent $5 on a 24-pack of bottled water that amounted to 3 gallons in total, you’d have to spend just over $130 to get the same amount of purified water that an initial $20-25 investment can get you with Back To The Tap. Of course, you could always just buy a water filter, but a bottle that goes with you combines the convenience of bottled water with the taste of purified tap water for the best of both worlds - for you and for the environment around you.

(Via TreeHugger)