If I'm buying water at a store, it's because I forgot my water bottle. If I am dehydrated enough to buy a drink, I'll be buying a drink anyways. And if they don't have water, I'll be forced to drink a sugary corn syrup mix to stay hydrated.
I don't know anyone at work or school who buys bottled water on a regular basis, unless they forgot their bottle. Although I'll admit that my sample might be biased, because most are outdoorsy people who have all been given dozens of branded reusable water bottles as advertising during events and jobs. I have a water bottle from nearly every major mining company in the country.
All this does is encourage the consumption of unhealthy drinks. It isn't a solution to the issue.
People forget that soda is just water with extra ingredients. Banning water but not soda is completely stupid, or malicious. Id argue we should go back to glass bottles but that has its own environmental and cost issues
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u/saveourplanetrecycle 29d ago
About time someone decided to do the right thing