I bring my own refillable container wherever I can, and the most infuriating part is going to an event or concert and you can’t take it in. You’re forced to buy bottled water inside. While I agree from the perspective that it’s to prevent people from throwing stuff at people on stage (prime example of a few people ruining it for everyone), we all know the main reason is profit from selling overpriced water inside the venue.
The worst part is you’re looked at as crazy for bringing a refillable water bottle with you from ppl paying $6 for bottled water
I hate going to Costco and seeing people buy multiple 24 packs of those. I have not been anywhere in this state that has bad tap water.
Except the Bay Area which the article warns about.
City water usually tastes of chlorine. Totally drinkable, but not super pleasant.
Costco 24 packs are cheap AF.
Filtered water pitchers are expensive AF.
If you have a fridge with filtered water and try to buy carbon filters locally, they’re more expensive per gallon than the Costco water.
I buy generic filters in bulk that are cheaper per gallon, but it’s not by that much.
If we want to save the environment, we need to invent a super cheap refillable carbon filter and a way to use it easily.
Again, that is not really an issue here in Washington.
Filtered pitchers are not very expensive. Even buying actual brand named Brita filters at $15 per filter yields you 120 gallons of filtered water. That’s 12.5¢/gallon. Costco water here is $7.80 for 40 half liter bottles or 39¢/liter. Normalizing that is $1.47/gallon. Costco bottled water is significantly more expensive.
Hear me out- what if we found a way to make water bottles out of ice?
It would freeze to your hand. Although you would not lose the bottle either. What we need is to use a natural substance. My vote is lead.
It’s no different from bottled soda except it doesn’t have all the extra crap they add to make it soda.
https://www.statista.com/outlook/cmo/non-alcoholic-drinks/soft-drinks/united-states
"In the Soft Drinks market, volume, at home is expected to amount to 47.0bn L by 2024.
Volume, out-of-home is expected to amount to 17.6bn L in 2024.
Volume, combined is expected to amount to 64.6bn L in 2024."
vs. 60bn L for bottled water.
https://www.statista.com/topics/1302/bottled-water-market/#topicOverview
“In 2022, U.S. bottled water sales volume amounted to approximately 15.9 billion gallons - the highest volume of bottled water ever sold in the United States.”
But somehow water is the problem? 🤔
