Sarah, it's not that they pump the stuff we buy full of crap, they don't think of the environment and those in it before making things to sell to us even by going with the flow. I'm sure, for example, Nalgene isn't an evil company, but it's pretty obvious that plastics are not good for us. In fact, using oil at all is not good for the environment. I'm really suprised that people are at all shocked by this. Sure it takes energy to make anything - especially stainless steel, and even Glass, but they're not as toxic and much nicer to drink from.