Why do we pay so much for bottled water?
Water is free. And if Americans are so against polluting the earth, why do they insist on buying millions of plastic bottles every year?
Thank you for this most pressing of questions. Answer in plain speak: Corporate greed again I'm afraid, tapping into a gullible public hoodwinked into thinking that bottled water is somehow superior. It's one of the biggest marketing dupes of all time.
I hate bottled water. I think in the last 25 years I've purchased 1 bottle, but I can't remember where or when. I just do not buy it, or buy into it as an idea.
I'm sure if you looked into it the number of bottles produced each day you would blow our minds.
PLus, how does the consumer know what's inside their water? There may be ingredients, analysis, but are they really so concerned about minerals and 'taste'.
Water guaranteed pure from the ancient springs of Doomakowki Hills brought to you in a metal pipe, through a stainless steel filtering machine thing, down a rubber tube, through a plastic feed pipe, then into a plastic bottle, then driven 4000 miles in a juggernaut to your local friendly store.
The oceans are full of the bottles, the roads are littered with squashed water bottles.
I can't believe that a creature 75-80% water needs to have more H2O ...from a bottle - each time they go for a walk, a jog, a run, a cycle, down to the gym, down to the garden shed, up the stairs, across the road.......
Take a drink from the tap. Or make lemonade. Or drink squeezed orange!
It is ridiculous isn't it? But we are not paying for the water, we are paying for convenience and then recycle (at least I do). Also, it's worth paying $3 for a case water you trust is cleaner than what comes from the tap, depending on where you are in the world.
phtech,
Cold bottled water is so easy to take with you when you're on the go. That is the only time I drink it. At home I keep cold tap water in the frig in two big bottles. Even when I do use the bottles I recycle.
Lisa
It is easy to take bottle water with you that's why i use the same bottle and just use my filter tap to refill i refuse to pay for bottle water know a days but if i do i make sure to recycle it.
Thanks for all the answers. I can see why you would want to have them, I use them daily. I'm just trying to make people aware of what they're doing. You could save a lot of money using a reusable bottle.
by Brian 14 years ago
Is it just me or are there way too many brands of bottled water sitting on store shelves these days. I mean you walk into these supermarkets, and there are stacks and stacks of those packs of bottled water piled to the ceiling.I wonder what would happen if you took just one day, and went to every...
by Shil1978 11 years ago
Why is bottled water bad for the environment?
by nightwork4 14 years ago
Is bottled water really needed or is it just another way we have become lazy.it's less expensive and more enviromentaly friendly to use tap water but bottled water is a huge seller these days. should we be using it or are we just being lazy?
by Eliel Arrey MD MBA 8 years ago
"Every 5 minutes in the U.S. over 2 million plastic bottles are used,Gone Un-recycled, these plastic wastes will take up to 1000 years to properly START decomposing. What about the adverse effects it has on our ecology?"Those heart punching details were summarized to me by a mentor...
by What's News 14 years ago
Which bottled water do you drink?Which brand of bottled water do you buy and why? Is it becuase you like the taste, the company or is there another reason.
by Silver Fish 12 years ago
Are you happy drinking tap water?
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