{"id":20161,"date":"2017-04-06T16:55:45","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T14:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/blog\/es\/?p=20161"},"modified":"2025-12-12T11:38:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T10:38:34","slug":"replacing-plastic-with-reusable-bottles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/blog\/en\/2017\/04\/replacing-plastic-with-reusable-bottles\/","title":{"rendered":"How a metal or glass bottle can help us care for the environment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Very often we\u2019re not aware of the little gestures that protect the environment<\/strong>. Especially those we don\u2019t make and which therefore have no impact at all. [inlinetweet prefix=”” tweeter=”” suffix=””]The best impact on the environment is no impact at all.[\/inlinetweet]<\/p>\n

But in the same way that we don\u2019t realise when we are not polluting, we don\u2019t realise when we are. The majority of pollution today isn\u2019t caused because mankind is inherently evil, but rather by a general lack of attention. Did you know that you can help the environment with reusable\u00a0bottles?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not polluting is impossible<\/h2>\n

We have to accept the fact \u2013 and this is critically important \u2013 that we cannot avoid polluting<\/strong>, in the broadest sense. Even if small, everything has an impact.<\/p>\n

For example, you are reading this on a screen which uses energy. Even if you have the latest generation equipment, with very low energy consumption, millions of electrons have had to travel the world through cables which are placed there for the technology to be accessible.<\/p>\n

Are you sitting down? The chair you are using will be good for a certain number of uses, and then it will have to be replaced, causing an impact on the environment. Are you standing up? Even the hardest rock wears down and has to be replaced after some time.<\/p>\n

\"Obsolete<\/a><\/p>\n

But this does not mean that we cannot live on the planet without taking care of the life on it (ourselves included). The biosphere is a system which feeds on energy from the Sun, and we are part of that system. The idea is that we use just the right amount of energy in order to avoid destroying everything in our path<\/strong>. Wishful thinking, perhaps.<\/p>\n

How to do this? Looking for a low impact way of living, with the help of technology. Reusing instead of recycling.<\/p>\n

What if we reuse, instead of recycling?<\/h2>\n

First and foremost: recycling is a wonderful, useful thing<\/a>. Recycling saves millions of tonnes of oil every year<\/a> by reducing the need to manufacture from scratch, using raw materials from previous objects at a lower energy cost than if manufactured for the first time. Recycling is good.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But recycling makes no sense when applied to things we could have done without<\/strong> in the first place. Particularly if we recycle them to make more of those things. This is the case with the PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic bottles we use so often.<\/p>\n

Some facts we should know about PET bottles:<\/p>\n