Leave the sticker on the bottle, too. That little barcode is just printed ink. It burns off in the heat of the recycling process. So don’t worry about your bottle’s identity being stolen.
Speaking of identity, did you know a single plastic bottle can be recycled into fleece jackets? Your old water bottle might end up keeping someone warm at a hockey game. That is the ultimate glow-up.
It takes about ten bottles to make one fleece jacket. So next time you’re cold, imagine you’re wearing a team of squished soldiers. Fashionable and functional!