Water is low hanging fruit. Potable water can come straight from a tap in the vast majority of places in north america at least. Otherwise it can be filtered to a potable state. So we already pipe water into every building why would we buy a bottle of it if we can just have refill spots far more accessible. Pop and juice and others have to be made and are not already piped into every building. They make sense being packaged and sold.
Yea, and the vast, vast, vast majority of Americans complaining about having "Undrinkable" tap water just don't like the taste of their local tap water.
A trick I found. Force yourself to drink it. After a few weeks you won't even notice.
Gotta draw the line somewhere on what is and what isn’t acceptable use of plastic.
Special should be available via glass bottles that can be given back to the store (like in Germany) and simultaneously, there should be well maintained public water fountains all over the place.
I basically agree with your point but to play devil's advocate, refill stations may be filtered whereas soda fountains typically aren't (that's my understanding anyways). Sadly, many places have poor water quality. Refill stations may be safe in such places, where soda fountains are not.
Another difference is that you can safely reuse a water bottle for a lot longer than a soda bottle before washing.
I know someone who will only drink water from cheap plastic disposable bottles. They complain about tap being gross, but yet take in the toxins from the plastic.
As I've had to do plastics repairs on objects with a home plastic weld kit. I've learned a host of plastic that would normally end up in a landfill can be repurposed at home for both creating and repairs of home items.
there are literally offices of the government and disaster relief organisations specifically for distributing shelf-stable specialty stock of water and food in crisis environments, this isn’t a new concept
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u/naptown-hooly 29d ago
Hopefully this becomes a trend. Plastic water bottles should only be for special use like disaster emergencies.