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[Germs]

Personally i reuse the same few water bottles repeatedly, cheaper and more environmentally friendly that constantly re-buying more bottles, also easier for me.

[saver]

kat74, on 02 April 2012 - 08:07 AM, said:

I don't use bottled water unless caught unaware. I boil my drinking water at home

Please Kat, is that a built in system, or do you fill a kettle each time?

I tend to just drink tap water, though there's always some plastic bottle around if I need to go out for the day.

I was amazed by the system in Norway-they have much chunkier plastic bottles, and instead of bring melted down (or how it works with plastic) they're given an industrial clean and reused. Odd at first to see all soft drinks coming I. The same style bottle, but a very logical solution to the problem.

[artistry]

I was given a Britta water pitcher, which uses a filter. The water from the pitcher tastes fairly good. I have a top of the sink water filter system as well, not yet hooked up. The tap water in my home does not taste  as pure as the filtered water. I used to purchase water in plastic bottles. .

[katdolores]

In our hospital, almost all patients use plastic bottles or buy bottled water. I think this kind of awareness of reducing plastic bottles should be brought to our hospital staff in the higher positions. I think this would be a good cause for our hospital, not only saving lives, but also saving the earth.

[Shortpoet-GTD]

katdolores, on 05 April 2012 - 02:44 AM, said:

In our hospital, almost all patients use plastic bottles or buy bottled water. I think this kind of awareness of reducing plastic bottles should be brought to our hospital staff in the higher positions. I think this would be a good cause for our hospital, not only saving lives, but also saving the earth.

The idea of recycling bins could be brought to the attention of the hospital administrator. Plastics/cans.

[katdolores]

Come to think of it, hospitals use heck of a lot of plastics. This should be an awareness to be raised not only in OUR hospital, but also in ALL hospitals.

[Shortpoet-GTD]

katdolores, on 05 April 2012 - 02:55 AM, said:

Come to think of it, hospitals use heck of a lot of plastics. This should be an awareness to be raised not only in OUR hospital, but also in ALL hospitals.

Plastics in hospitals are essential, and sadly, it would be impossible to be rid of them.
Gloves and tubing for instance. All those bags that they put medical waste into after an operation.
A necessary evil.

[katdolores]

Shortpoet-GTD, on 05 April 2012 - 03:14 AM, said:

Plastics in hospitals are essential, and sadly, it would be impossible to be rid of them.
Gloves and tubing for instance. All those bags that they put medical waste into after an operation.
A necessary evil.

It hurts for me to realize that while we are saving the lives of humans, we are somehow contributing to the destruction of the earth. I will never look at our IV tubings and gloves the same way again.

[Green Olive]

I sometimes use plastic bottles, but then I use them as seed starters. I thought I would share a few pictures of how plastic bottles can be recycled. I really love the house and the green house.

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[4leafclover]

If ever you guys (because I don't) consider the use of plastic bottled waters, always look for the triangle sign that has a number inside it. Take note: water bottles with number (3), (6), and  (7) are made up of Polycarbonates that has BPA components which easily leaks into the water. BPA (bisphenol-A) is a known carcinogenic. Other bottle numbers such as (2) (high-density polyethylene), (4) (low-density polyethylene) and (5) (polypropylene)  are safe to use because it does not contain polycarbonates. A plastic bottle with (1) is a disposable plastic and is never meant for re-use.

I would prefer to have stainless-steel containers or glass water containers than having plastics.

I advice you go check the number of your water containers now, and no matter how cute and durable they may be, throw them if they fall under (3), (6), (7) category.

[redstarr]

I am well aware that reusing water bottles is probably not the best idea. We recycle regularly. Before we recycle our water bottles, I have to admit, we do refill our bottles a few times with water from the sink and keep in fridge. At least it cuts down on the number of bottles we purchase.

[SpiroFlo]

Shortpoet-GTD, on 05 April 2012 - 03:14 AM, said:

Plastics in hospitals are essential, and sadly, it would be impossible to be rid of them.
Gloves and tubing for instance. All those bags that they put medical waste into after an operation.
A necessary evil.

Absolutely. Hospitals have such issues with bacteria -- staph infections and all that -- so I understand why so much of what they use is disposable, bottled water and all.

[Shortpoet-GTD]

The fda dropped the ball on this one; or should I say, again?
They're allowing bpa to stay in products.
http://supermarketne...mmed-bpa-ruling

And of course, the heartland institute praised the decision.
"There's no decent scientific evidence that bpa causes harm to humans. The fda and environmentalists
have wasted enough time on this and need to find something else to think about."
http://heartland.org...fdas-bpa-ruling

[dconklin]

Shortpoet-GTD, on 06 April 2012 - 03:56 AM, said:

The fda dropped the ball on this one; or should I say, again?
They're allowing bpa to stay in products.
http://supermarketne...mmed-bpa-ruling

And of course, the heartland institute praised the decision.
"There's no decent scientific evidence that bpa causes harm to humans. The fda and environmentalists
have wasted enough time on this and need to find something else to think about."
http://heartland.org...fdas-bpa-ruling

The FDA and most of the USDA need a complete overhaul of employees.  I don't really trust things just because the FDA says it is ok, I have witnessed many times where it wasn't ok when the FDA says it was.  Medications are the biggest example of their "oops we messed up."

[Shortpoet-GTD]

I can't put the blame on the gop entirely, but if they were cooperative with Obama on other things, he would
have time to do those kinds of necessary overhauls.
Without a team effort, the ball gets dropped.

[jigger]

In order to reduce the amount of plastic bottles being used and then trashed,we need to convince people that bottled water isn't any better than filtered water. Many people are mistaken into thinking that bottle water is healthier than the water we usually drink due to the advertising that bottling companies promote which display how the water is coming from a natural spring of something. Tap water regulations are actually stricter than spring water regulations which make tap water possibly safer and healthier. If this can be done, I'm sure the use of bottled water will decrease by a lot.

[Shortpoet-GTD]

I hate to sound harsh here, but (too many) people are stupid and lazy.

They like the convenience of bottled water, believe the ads from coke and pepsi, ignore the waste, ignore
the pollution of the bottles on our environment and gladly spend extra money because of the lies
from the water advertisers that it's cleaner.

They don't take the time to buy a water filter, and a reusable bottle, and carry that instead of buying
new bottled water all the time.

They believe the "clean coal" propaganda. They think "gas fracking" is safe. They join the t-party.
They bought suv's and hundred thousand dollar homes with no money down.
We're getting dumber every day it seems.   (And yes, I'm a cynic with a capital C today.)

[Shortpoet-GTD]

[happyrocinante]

I have to admit that I buy bottle water by the gallon jug.  I have a very sensitive stomach and have found that the only water I can drink without getting sick is distilled water.  I have yet to break down and buy a distiller for my home but I am looking in to it.  I also have a refillable metal bottle that I use when I go out.

P.S.  The video was great!  I especially liked the part of finding out the bottles we do recycle show up in India!

[Mystique]

I don't buy bottled water as we have a water filter at home. I always bring a bottle of water with me when I go out and I use one of those refillable bottles. Yeap, it's important to clean them thoroughly!