The Problem With Bottled Water
Bottled water is a convenience that we all use even if it is seldom. The problem with bottled water is simple, it’s the bottle. But why just blame water. Recently I saw on the news where New Jersey added a 5 cent tax to every bottled water purchase due to the high usage of plastics for bottling.
Bottled water is a controversial thing to begin with because a lot of the companies claim that its filtered and purified when in reality they are filling the bottle normal like everyone else. The purification comes from the actual plant that the water has been sent through the first time, so technically they aren’t lying. I’ve tasted “spring water” that tastes like they filled it out of a toilet. Evian to me tastes terrible and the Stewarts Franchise in NY sells “Spring water” that to me tastes even worse than Evian.
Ok, I’ve stepped off of the trail here. Anyway, there is a big environmental debate about the plastics used in bottling, especially water because they don’t sell it in cans and bottles is the only form…so therefore bottled water is the culprit…whatever.
The real problem is everyone is saying that we need to do something about it but no one wants to create programs on a large scale to recycle. The only ones wanting to “Do something” about it are the sellers of water filters that look at this as a grand opportunity to sell their filters and slap a sticker on their box saying how toxic your faucet water is and how goody-goody they are because they are trying to help the environment by using a filter instead of plastic bottled waters. We need large scale recycling programs and we need them now. Sure some states have them but if they really wanted to help they would make it mandatory for all plastic bottles be recycled. In some states they charge a 5 cent deposit on every can or bottle, glass or plastic and even Canada refills bottles. These are just a few incentives for people to recycle. I rarely buy bottled water and when I do I buy a bottle and use the same bottle over and over by refilling it at the water fountain at work.
Here is a thought Senior Bush….how about using some of that government budget to fund stuff like this instead of that crap you started over seas. I better not open that can of rotten worms just yet…
Anyway, recycle!
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5 opinions for The Problem With Bottled Water
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Jan 2, 2008 at 7:40 pm
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Ali
Jan 6, 2008 at 4:51 am
I see your point about recycling (and that would solve a huge part of the problem) but there’s more to it - The Pacific Institute estimates that in 2006, it took the equivalent of more than 17 million barrels of oil to just produce bottled water for Americans. Definitely refill not landfill, but the bottled water habit has a cost that’s even bigger than the 50 billion bottle landfills we create each year.
Scott
Jan 6, 2008 at 6:16 am
well something needs to be done’ I didn’t do much research on this when I wrote it, but its pretty obvious that something needs to happen and soon.
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