Water bottles do u still use them,why (solar, recycling, reusable)

[Arctic Bushmaster]

So i suck at using my references when I need them ,but I read that water in San Francisco is cleaner then most bottled water Google that u should get a hit ,I guess municipalities have higher standers minus Flint of course


Also u want to be green but yet trendy that figi water comes on a big ole boat that boat isn't ran off solar ,so think about reusable water bottles,I came across a 32 ounce hard plastic bottle with a unscrewable lid says Starbucks on it but I got it at Goodwill

Is it fugi or figi idk anyway enjoy life

[terracore]

Modern people act like "bottled water" is a relatively new invention and that "in the old days" people drank from drinking fountains. True and false. In the "old days" people drank from canteens. These came in a variety of configurations but my old Boy Scout canteen from 40 years ago works as well as the day it was made. I don't have any plastic bottles that are 40 years old.

Plastic bottles are modern day, disposable canteens. I rarely buy plastic bottled water but when I do, it is carbonated "seltzer" water that comes in a more sturdy plastic bottle. I re-use it for about 6 months until it starts to get gross and then I put it in the recycling bin. Notice that I didn't say that "I recycled it" when I put it in the recycling bin. I was recycling the bottle when I kept refilling it for 6 months. When it goes into the recycling bin, I don't have any idea what is really going to happen to it. Putting anything into a recycling bin is not recycling unless it's aluminum. It's just throwing things away into a specific bin. A lot of "recycled plastics" got shipped to various countries that, not surprisingly, dump 90% of the plastic that is in the oceans. Where do you think they got it from?

[augiedogie]

I use them because I want to.

[jacqueg]

Once in a while, when I forget to bring along my own water bottle.

[engineman]

We never buy bottled water, ever. We fill our own bottles from the tap.

[KaraG]

We get the big 5 gallon reusable jugs of water for home and work.

We use tap water for coffee, cooking and cleaning, but like the purified water to drink because we drink so much (no sodas).

In the olden days, I used to distill water for drinking, before bottled water was a thing.

And growing up, we drank out of the tap, the water fountains, outdoor hoses, wherever.

[kwong7]

I use water bottles all the time; literally everyday. I have 2 reusable water bottles that use during a workout, driving in the car, and one I take while traveling. I also have various coffee and wine tumblers. Still, we have a case of plastic bottled water in our pantry for emergencies, guests, and contractors. I personally open a plastic bottle of water maybe twice a year.

[Woody01]

I buy cases of bottled water at Home Depot primarily to give out to my crews (construction) plus that way I always have some in the back seat. Back when I was a kid we used to drink water from a hose...I remember kinda liking the way that tasted....

[terracore]

I don't think modern children drink out of hoses, run through sprinklers, or have "water fights". They stare at their screens nearly 24/7 and can't be bothered to use a search engine to find out what a "water balloon" is much less have any motivation to use one.

I'm glad I grew up when I did. We'd pull carrots straight up out of the dirt, rinse it off with hose water, eat the carrot, and rinse it down with hose water.

Do modern kids know what real carrots even look like? Not wondering if they know how to grow one (no) but even identify what the greens look like so they would know to pull it out of the ground and eat it? (no)

[Crazy4Chickens]

Yes we buy them, but not very often. We need extra water bottles to leave in our cars because we live in a rural area where you can be stranded in the snow for hours/days before someone would find your car and we need to have drinking water.

We also use them on occasion for when we head to the pool and I don't want to carry the giant metal water bottles for all of us because they are heavy and clumsy. Easier to just throw in a few small water bottles and go. For the majority of the time though we do use the big metal reusable water bottles, or our hydration packs for when we're hiking.