Bottled water: Pouring money away

[Defeated Romanticist]

A friend of mine was in France, and noticed that you could buy Irish water there.

So, you've got a situation where two countries, each with perfectly good drinking water, are shipping drinking water between each other. Ships passing each other, each laden with drinking water. Madness.

As for the bottles themselves, the German system is great. The bottles aren't recycled, they're reused. You make high quality plastic bottles, and slap a (for example) 50c deposit tax on each one. When the customer returns the bottle to the shop, they get their 50c back and the bottle is sent to a centre where it is washed and reused. Great stuff. Most shops would have space for this system, considering that the newspaper return policy has radically changed over the past few months.

I heard somewhere that you shouldn't re-use a normal bottle because the chemicals in the plastic leach or something on those lines. I found a half empty volvic bottle when I was cleaning up the other day and phew! it smelled like smelly feet. I make a point of drinking a lot of water. Do you know of a bottle that could be re-used at infinitum safely(that's about a litre and a bit stylish)?

[CookieMonster]

I heard somewhere that you shouldn't re-use a normal bottle because the chemicals in the plastic leach or something on those lines. I found a half empty volvic bottle when I was cleaning up the other day and phew! it smelled like smelly feet. I make a point of drinking a lot of water. Do you know of a bottle that could be re-used at infinitum safely(that's about a litre and a bit stylish)?

http://www.sigg.ch/

Available here

[cactus flower]

We dont provide enough public drinking fonts, streets, schools, shoping centers, parks, etc

Totally agree with you, there were far more in the 19th century than there are now.

Also modern dispensers are usually refrigerated, so they have large footprint too.


Some schools dont have proper drinking water on tap but have Coke machines


There are colleges where people have hours of lectures with no access to water - "studies have shown" (please dont ask for a link) that intellectual performance droops when you are dehydrated.

Free water for all!

[Defeated Romanticist]

I heard somewhere that you shouldn't re-use a normal bottle because the chemicals in the plastic leach or something on those lines. I found a half empty volvic bottle when I was cleaning up the other day and phew! it smelled like smelly feet. I make a point of drinking a lot of water. Do you know of a bottle that could be re-used at infinitum safely(that's about a litre and a bit stylish)?

http://www.sigg.ch/

Available here

Ta

[Mikewex]

I heard somewhere that you shouldn't re-use a normal bottle because the chemicals in the plastic leach or something on those lines. I found a half empty volvic bottle when I was cleaning up the other day and phew! it smelled like smelly feet. I make a point of drinking a lot of water. Do you know of a bottle that could be re-used at infinitum safely(that's about a litre and a bit stylish)?

think this is what you heard about:

Link

[Simon.D]

Why is bottled water being picked on? Why not bottled drinks in general? Water happens to be my personal preference, apart from the odd carton of apple/orange juice.. If bottled water was removed from the shelves people would simply transfer their custom to even more energy intensive (and unhealthy) products like coca cola, club orange etc.

Generally speaking I buy bottled water more for the bottle than the water, as thankfully I've access to tasty tap water throughout my day. But for days spent outside my comfort zone, I appreciate being able access a trustworthy source.