Would You Quit Drinking Bottled Water?
September 22nd, 2008 Posted in Taxes
One of my pet peeves is my wife buying bottled water, even though we live in one of the more pristine areas of the world.
Vancouver is planning on launching a marketing campaign aimed at getting more people to turn on the tap when they’re thirsty, Vancouver Coun. Tim Stevenson said.
That’s a better way than a new enviro-tax to get you to change your ways…
When you buy water here, you pay a deposit and a recycling fee. (What’s the difference you ask? Good question). That alone should be enough to make you at least refill your bottles.
You’re paying as much for bottled water as gas… skip the Smart car and drink tap water.
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:09 am
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September 22nd, 2008 at 10:35 pm
My wife and I emptied a couple of bottles of energy drinks and then simply refilled the bottles with tap water. The bottles last for ages and only cost a buck an a half apiece with the ‘added’ energy drink and when they start to show an age or you get tired of them then you recycle them and buy another energy drink.
We usually fill the bottle one third and then lay it down in a freezer over-night. The resulting shaft of ice will keep the cold water you add the next morning well chilled for much longer.
BTW, we have four adults in the house and each has to have their own personal bottle.
NeilD
September 23rd, 2008 at 4:52 am
I hate the taste of treated water (which is a fairly recent thing in Charlottetown) so we buy the reverse-osmosis filtered water out of the machine at the grocery store. Given that the level of pesticides keeps going up in well-water here (slowly, but surely), I’d do the same if we lived in the country – or better yet, buy one of the household filters.
September 23rd, 2008 at 5:51 am
I suspect that most people purchase bottled water because it is oh so trendy and new age, not because of any health concerns. For a few bucks you can buy a pitcher with repaceable filters that costs far less than than bottled water. It comes out of the fridge nice and cold and you can fill up your latest designer label bottle so that none of your chic friends will know you are using plain old filtered tap water. That way you can continue to look really new age, save money, and keep plastic bottles out of the landfill.