The New Public Enemy Number 1 : Bottled Water

the iron horse · 08-15-2007, 08:45 PM

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

the iron horse · 08-15-2007, 09:25 PM

I prefer buying liquids in glass containers.

Glass, I think does not taint the flavor.

Milk from a glass bottles just tastes better, I think, than milk from a plastic container.

Glass can be recycled over and over...using less energy.

Also there's some who suggest that all this plastic is not very good for us:
http://www.grist.org/advice/ask/2004...umbra-bottles/

Angela Harlem · 08-15-2007, 09:46 PM

Hardly a new enemy, but whatever. The recycling problem has existed since the 80s (at least), and the problem of people using bottled water and thus exposing themselves to risks of bacterias and so on has been around for as long as I've been anti-bottled water. My reasons against are purely environmental and chronic tight-arsed in nature. Buy a Brita, for god's sake, people! Then you won't have to bother yourselves over where the water is really sourced from, whether it's fit for consumption, matches the quality of tap, whether there's enough fluoride, etc.

Buy a Brita. Please.

BVS · 08-16-2007, 02:50 AM

^ Exactly!!!

This thread has it's certain agenda, but honestly, horse you have to do better...

martha · 08-16-2007, 06:00 AM

I use bottled water in the car on road trips, and in case of earthquakes, but we have a filter on the tap at home.

CTU2fan · 08-16-2007, 06:50 AM

Things do taste better in glass conatiners, take beer...everybody knows beer from a bottle is far superior to beer from a can.

Vincent Vega · 08-16-2007, 06:55 AM

Do we get another three pages of who uses what?

For the milk in glasses: I don't know if it's just for marketing, but they say that milk exposed to light loses its vitamines, hence boxes are better, e.g. Tetra Paks.

unico · 08-16-2007, 06:58 AM

i thought this thread was gonna be about a new cd

Varitek · 08-18-2007, 01:26 AM

We have no filter in Boston, nor did I use a filter when living in NY or outside of Philly. I just drink what comes out of the faucet. Municipal water in America, as pointed out by the Times editorial page a few weeks ago, is incredibly clean and not bad tasting at all. Often it is the same crap you pay $1.25 for. In general I refuse on principal to pay for my water but it's not really an environmental principal, more of a frugal principal.

08-15-2007, 08:45 PM	#1
the iron horse Rock n' Roll Doggie Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: in a glass of CheerWine Posts: 3,266 Local Time: 11:55 AM	The New Public Enemy Number 1 : Bottled Water http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1 __________________

08-15-2007, 09:25 PM	#2
the iron horse Rock n' Roll Doggie Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: in a glass of CheerWine Posts: 3,266 Local Time: 11:55 AM	I prefer buying liquids in glass containers. Glass, I think does not taint the flavor. Milk from a glass bottles just tastes better, I think, than milk from a plastic container. Glass can be recycled over and over...using less energy. Also there's some who suggest that all this plastic is not very good for us: http://www.grist.org/advice/ask/2004...umbra-bottles/ __________________

08-15-2007, 09:46 PM	#3
Angela Harlem Jesus Online Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: a glass castle Posts: 30,163 Local Time: 02:55 AM	Hardly a new enemy, but whatever. The recycling problem has existed since the 80s (at least), and the problem of people using bottled water and thus exposing themselves to risks of bacterias and so on has been around for as long as I've been anti-bottled water. My reasons against are purely environmental and chronic tight-arsed in nature. Buy a Brita, for god's sake, people! Then you won't have to bother yourselves over where the water is really sourced from, whether it's fit for consumption, matches the quality of tap, whether there's enough fluoride, etc. Buy a Brita. Please. __________________

08-18-2007, 01:26 AM	#9
Varitek Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: on borderland we run Posts: 16,861 Local Time: 10:55 AM	We have no filter in Boston, nor did I use a filter when living in NY or outside of Philly. I just drink what comes out of the faucet. Municipal water in America, as pointed out by the Times editorial page a few weeks ago, is incredibly clean and not bad tasting at all. Often it is the same crap you pay $1.25 for. In general I refuse on principal to pay for my water but it's not really an environmental principal, more of a frugal principal. __________________

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08-16-2007, 02:50 AM	#4
BVS Blue Crack Supplier Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: between my head and heart Posts: 41,226 Local Time: 09:55 AM	^ Exactly!!! This thread has it's certain agenda, but honestly, horse you have to do better...

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martha Blue Crack Supplier Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Orange County and all over the goddamn place Posts: 42,553 Local Time: 07:55 AM	I use bottled water in the car on road trips, and in case of earthquakes, but we have a filter on the tap at home.

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CTU2fan Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 5,366 Local Time: 11:55 AM	Things do taste better in glass conatiners, take beer...everybody knows beer from a bottle is far superior to beer from a can.

08-16-2007, 06:55 AM	#7
Vincent Vega Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Berlin Posts: 6,643 Local Time: 05:55 PM	Do we get another three pages of who uses what? For the milk in glasses: I don't know if it's just for marketing, but they say that milk exposed to light loses its vitamines, hence boxes are better, e.g. Tetra Paks.

08-16-2007, 06:58 AM	#8
unico Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Rage Ave. Posts: 18,749 Local Time: 10:55 AM	i thought this thread was gonna be about a new cd