Stop drinking from plastic water bottles!

[Fonzie]

I don't give a damn.

[XxSephirothxX]

And if I keep going out in the sun, I'm going to get skin cancer and die! We like to get up in arms about every little thing that's harmful. The majority of the time I drink tap water, and I don't think the occasional plastic bottle is going to hurt me much.

As for saving the environment...well, at least I try to recycle. Stopping the world from using bottled water, as a convenience or a necessity, just isn't going to work.

[Shoeberto]

I'm too far out of town to get municipal water, so our water is from a well. It tastes pretty yuck straight out the tap.

But having a water pitcher with a purifier prettymuch takes care of that, so I guess I can't complain too much.

[The Ceej]

:eek: On my english class we once had an argue about this! And it is true bottle water is actually bad for your health! But we came up to a conclusion that we should re-use our plastic bottles instead of bying new ones ;)

I thought re-using water bottles was really bad for your health too cause of all the bacteria that builds up and stuff. Maybe I shouldn't listen to what my mom tells me but

I actually only bought bottled water once in my life. I bought it about five years ago for the bottles. Once they were empty, I refilled them and put them back in the fridge. I still have those bottles and I still refill them. It's not harmful. If it were, I'd have gotten sick by now. Sometimes we just make up problems. I could give you examples, but that's a whole nother thread.

Penn & Teller actually did two good episodes on this. One in the first season called Feng Shui/Bottled Water, and another in the second season about recycling said bottles. Technically, that's one episode, since only half the first one is about bottled water and only half the second one is about recycling of these bottles (The whole episode is recycling in general.) but you get the point.

Basically the answer is this: People buy bottled water because they're incredibly stupid. The guy who invented bottled water had some balls going out on a limb that people were stupid enough to pay a dollar for a bottle of water when they could get that much out of their tap for less than a cent, but he was brilliant. Bottled water isn't the only thing, though. There are all kinds of products that were invented for the sole purpose of getting stupid people to spend their money. I could give you examples, but that's also a whole nother thread.

The moral of the story is this: If you're intelligent, you've either never bought bottled water, or just bought it once for the bottles.

[rubah]

I drink from water bottles my family has bought previously (often because they held flavored water!) and have not thrown away.

I do not believe that is hurting the environment, as the water comes out of our tap now, and I do not want to throw such useful bottles away.

People should just keep their bottles and refill them. It's not like the water they put in them is any different than the water that comes out of most taps. I think dasani released a statement to that effect, anyways :]

(btw stu's water is nasty and makes me want to throw up after drinking it for a few days)

[louby_4eva]

I drink bottled water but the doesn't mean I'm stupid. Tap water doesn't taste very nice, and as for the minenals, the water in the north of england doesn't have something in it (I can't quite remember what it was called) but it gives you stronger teeth. Also, the water in my area is weirdly cloudy, I don't feel as though this is purified if it looks horribly misty, so I won't drink it. I don't quite understand the damage plastic water bottles are causing to the environment; Is it making them? Is it not recycling? I recycle my plastic bottles anyway.

Smile and Be happy

[Jojee]

Didn't know, I don't drink bottled water as much anymore, but my favorite kinds are Aquafina and Dasani, which (apparently) are both filtered tap waters. I think some of the "real" spring waters taste really godawful... When I have a working filter (mine died recently T_T) in the home, or the fridge filter, I use that. ...I can't drink non-filtered tap water though, that tastes really awful too.

...Mostly I drink milk or juice, though. ^_^

Anyway, will keep in mind. :</>D

[The Ceej]

I recycle my plastic bottles anyway.

Don't. It costs more and it's more harmful on the environment to recycle bottles than to make virgin bottles. Also, virgin bottles are of higher quality. In fact, the only thing that you ever should recycle is aluminum.

And, on topic, 90% of people preferred the taste of New York City tap water to a popular bottled water in a blind taste test. So, saying that you drink bottled water because it tastes better is bull. There is absolutely no reason to buy bottled water. None. You can't name a reason to which I can't call bull. I challenge you.

Let me shoot some reasons down now, so you're not tempted to name the obvious ones.

Tap water is better for you than bottled water.
Tap water is cleaner than bottled water.
Tap water is cheaper than bottled water.
Tap water is better for the environment than bottled water.

You want a source? I refer you to season 1 of Penn & Teller's show.

[Jojee]

Oh boy oh boy, I love bigheaded all-knowing people who base their assumptions on made up silly statistics :</>D

(Also, since when do New Yoikers have taste buds? ;D Bad example, even.)

[Rengori]

Who's idea was bottled water anyway? I bet there was an business meeting over in like France or something, "How stupid do I think the Americans are? I bet we could sell them water."

[Resha]

Come to some places here; let's see you drink from the tap and still be alive five days later. Bottled water is a necessity for some of us who don't completely wish to die of diarrhoea and stuff

And tap water is no Evian

[Polaris]

I recycle my plastic bottles anyway.

They don't really recycle some things you know They send it to China to 'recycle' but they actually burn it!

[Rengori]

I recycle my plastic bottles anyway.

They don't really recycle some things you know They send it to China to 'recycle' but they actually burn it!

I'm fairly certain there are laws in place to prevent things like that.

[Freya]

Oh yeah, I payed 2 Euro for plastic bottle of water whilst in Europe and then 8 for a glass bottle. I'd rather go for plastic thank you very much.

[Shiny]

Wait, why is drinking out of a plastic bottle bad for health? Eventhough, I drink out of a glass for water more so.