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ASCAP and SIGG -HELPING TO REDUCE PLASTIC IN LANDFILLS AND IN OUR OCEANS

To cut down on the number of plastic bottles produced, transported and discarded at last year's ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO, ASCAP partnered with SIGG USA – a member of 1% For The Planet - to provide each panelist with a SIGG re-usable drinking bottle.

Some important facts about plastic water bottles:
*Most disposable water bottles (Evian, Dasani, Aquafina, etc.) are made of PET plastic. According to the American Recycling Institute, only 14%of these bottles are recycled. Most of the PET bottles end up in litter or trash where they can take up to 1,000 years to biodegrade, filling our landfills, amassing in our oceans, and injuring wildlife.

• Americans are currently adding 30 million PET water bottles to our nation's landfills – everyday!
• Even if PET bottles are sent to the recycling center, they are really being "down-cycled," converted to a lower form of plastic, much of which goes unused.
• PET is a petroleum-based plastic. Manufacturing and transporting bottled water (especially from distant countries such as France and Fiji) unnecessarily burns fossil fuels – approximately 1.5 million barrels per year according to the NRDC.
• There are multiple lawsuits against Nestle, owner of 77 brands of bottled water, for depleting the water table in a number of communities in order to bottle water, then sell the bottled water for huge profits.
• 25% of bottled water is actually tap water.
• There are far less stringent governmental standards for bottled water than there are for tap water.

(Sources: SIGG website and Flow: For Love Of Water)

These ASCAP artists have used SIGG reusable bottles while touring with REVERB (founded by ASCAP member, Guster’s Adam Gardner): Aimee Mann, Alanis Morissette, Avril Lavigne (SOCAN), Barenaked Ladies (SOCAN), Beastie Boys, Brandi Carlile, Bonnie Raitt, Dave Matthews Band, Guster, Jack Johnson, Jason Mraz, John Mayer, Kelly Clarkson, Linkin Park, O.A.R, Panic at the Disco, Ray Lamontagne, String Cheese Incident, The Fray and The Format.

These ASCAP artists have all used reusable bottles while touring with Cliff Bar Green Notes: Ben Kweller, Missy Higgins, Stephen Kellogg, Michael Franti, Brett Dennen, John Butler Trio, Martin Sexton, Xavier Rudd (APRA, Ingrid Michaelson and Gomez (PRS).
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