It’s getting hot out there (admittedly not today though!) and sales of bottled water will be soaring.

Every year 2 billion litres of bottled water are sold in the UK and only one in five bottles are recycled. The strange thing is though for much of the time we have access to a tap which delivers much much cheaper water and much more environmentally friendly too.

A team of scientists has found that 70 per cent of popular bottled water brands available in shops had high levels of bacteria, so high in fact that they could pose a risk for vulnerable people such as pregnant women, infants, immunocompromised patients and the elderly. Read the full article in the Telegraph for more information.

Plus nutritionists say there’s no need to drink bottled water in the UK because tap water is so good.

The arguments are stacking up against that bottle! Go on, ditch the bottle and grab a glass…. (We’ve blogged about reusable water bottles too.)