My husband takes water bottles to work in addition to a 5 gallon cooler filled with ice water. Some construction jobs there isn't a logical way around not having the water bottles. We do save the bottles and give them to my nephew to recycle in CA. When he visits us in AZ we have a few
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Bottled Water
Started by Sarah C., Mar 06 2012 12:04 AM
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#42
Posted 29 May 2012 - 09:10 AM
Yikes, accidentally hit the wrong key and I wasn't finished. Anyhoo, we save our water bottles and other recyclable plastics for my nephew to cash in in CA. AZ doesn't recycle plastic bottles like CA does. We do recycle aluminum cans.
#43
Posted 29 May 2012 - 11:40 PM
Anything we can do to get rid of the mountains of plastic bottles is a step up. Yours is a good suggestion. Not only the waste is involved, but also the detrimental effects that plastics have on our health. I use a filter and store the water in glass.
#45
Posted 30 May 2012 - 02:21 AM
I am confused about the whole bottled water thing. I carry around a refillable jug that I bought at store and we have a filter system on our fridge. We also buy a case of water bottles for times when we go to the beach or to a park or if I am travelling on business.
I always make sure I recycle those bottles. Is the problem that people just don't recycle them and throw them in the garbage or is there a problem with the energy it takes to recycle them?
Sorry if it is a dumb question but I don't get it.
I always make sure I recycle those bottles. Is the problem that people just don't recycle them and throw them in the garbage or is there a problem with the energy it takes to recycle them?
Sorry if it is a dumb question but I don't get it.
#46
Posted 30 May 2012 - 02:35 AM
BarelyHangingOn, on 30 May 2012 - 02:21 AM, said:
Is the problem that people just don't recycle them and throw them in the garbage or is there a problem with the energy it takes to recycle them? Sorry if it is a dumb question but I don't get it.
About 70% of plastic bottled water, soda's-whatever
do not
get recycled.
Out of that 70%, probably 50% is laziness.
It's easier for them to just toss it in the trash, then hold them in a bin to recycle later.
The other 20% are unaware it's a problem, or know it's a problem and just don't care.
#47
Posted 30 May 2012 - 10:03 AM
I rarely drink bottled water. I don't like the waste that the bottles produce. But, more importantly, I have arthritis in my hands. Most of the time I can't open a new bottle myself. I guess disability can lead to greener living. 
When I do use them, they are thrown into the recycle bin. It always bothers me that something that is so easily recycled ends up more often in the trash. I agree that it's a bit of laziness. You may be at the park where a garbage can is only a few feet away. You'd have to carry that bottle all the way home to throw it in the recycle bin. Convenience sometimes trumps doing what is best.
If you reuse plastic water bottles for water drinking, be sure to clean them out with a bottle brush. Studies have shown that bacteria thrives in the inside edges of those bottles.
When I do use them, they are thrown into the recycle bin. It always bothers me that something that is so easily recycled ends up more often in the trash. I agree that it's a bit of laziness. You may be at the park where a garbage can is only a few feet away. You'd have to carry that bottle all the way home to throw it in the recycle bin. Convenience sometimes trumps doing what is best.
If you reuse plastic water bottles for water drinking, be sure to clean them out with a bottle brush. Studies have shown that bacteria thrives in the inside edges of those bottles.
#48
Posted 31 May 2012 - 03:41 PM
I only get two bottles a year, my dentist hands them out for free for some reason. My wife also gets two a year from him. Otherwise we are tap water only. We do have a whole house filter and a good water co op that gets runoff from the Olympics, it's really clean to begin with.
#49
Posted 25 May 2013 - 06:29 AM
Another reason to never buy water in plastic bottles again-
over a million (or more) end up on our beaches and in our oceans. Plastic bag trash is much too high also,
and must be reduced.
Trash found during 2012 cleanup.
over a million (or more) end up on our beaches and in our oceans. Plastic bag trash is much too high also,
and must be reduced.
Trash found during 2012 cleanup.
#50
Posted 25 May 2013 - 08:25 AM
Bottled water is a personal bugbear of mine.
We do work in the water industry.
One plant ships out tankers of spring water to be bottled as spring water.
The same stuff goes in the public mains.
It's all above board and legal.
Ethical........?
Maybe not so much.
We do work in the water industry.
One plant ships out tankers of spring water to be bottled as spring water.
The same stuff goes in the public mains.
It's all above board and legal.
Ethical........?
Maybe not so much.
#51
Posted 13 August 2014 - 05:24 AM
Aquafina and Dasani bottle plain old tap water; from drought stricken California, no less.
Corporate morons selling their wares to idiot consumers.
Via Mother Jones/Environment-
http://www.motherjon...ifornia-drought
Corporate morons selling their wares to idiot consumers.
Via Mother Jones/Environment-
http://www.motherjon...ifornia-drought
#52
Posted 29 October 2015 - 04:30 AM
Duh.
Aquafina admits (and will change their labels) to the fact that they use tap water.
Via ABC news-
http://abcnews.go.co...tory?id=3428260
Aquafina admits (and will change their labels) to the fact that they use tap water.
Via ABC news-
http://abcnews.go.co...tory?id=3428260
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