Oxymoron: bottled water...Why do 9 out of 10 bottled water bottles end up in a landfill?
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Because the idiots that buy it can't be bothered to recycle.
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I've been using a plastic water bottle again and again (for drinking water from), and I've been fine, however if you are worried, then wash it out properly between uses (as in with detergent and hot water).  We use glasses again and again, and this is considered ok, so why not plastic water bottles?
286607
why do we pay $1 for 16 oz. of the most abundant resource on earth? because they've polluted most of the free flowing water. i figure there's somebody out there just filling up bottles with tap water and selling it and making a killing! but i still buy my water in bottles. at least the price of gas fluctuates!
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i dont know where in dallas u can go recycle, but recently i went to my first ever recycle trip and i was carrying 3 full bags. i was expected to make at least a $10 profit (gas money would be nice!) but instead, i only made half of what was expected..... i was big time dissappointed... so now i know that CRV arent really tat expensive. but when it comes to recycling.. dont think of MONEY, think that you'll be SAVING THE WORLD ^_^ js a thought~
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because water is a renewable resource. There is as much water on the earth today as there was when the earth formed.  The argument that not all of that water is as drinkable today as it was then is a weak one. The water from a treatment plant (post treatment) is usually cleaner than plain tapwater!
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I think we need to look more at how we buy our items.  \n\nWho is out there buying all these blister packs?  Why can't store goods be on a shelf as just the good, or a liquid in a recyclable glass jar.  This is not a consumer recycling issue.  It is a distribution chain issue.\n\nI work in manufacturing.  We get good delivered to us with as little packing as possible.  We then sort plastic, thin foam and cardboard for recycling.  We do not do this because we love the enviroment. . .It is cheaper to find a creative way to not package an item, but get it to the process without damage.  \n\nWalMart and all of the box stores are demanding how product comes packaged so they can be hung.  Blister packs are designed to appeal to you the buyer.  Since, we are not actively choosing non-blister pack items, the cycle goes on.  Blister packing is an example.\n\nAt Christmas, think about how that Barbie would have looked in a plain brown paper bag with the accesories just thrown in.  That works and just one staple and a small bag to toss.  Now get radical and think how it would look to have NO plastic crap toys under the tree.  Yea, the kids would cry one year, but they would learn to love the new way of life just as well.  \n\nLast radical thought. . .When was the last time you brought a bag or crate container to the store to shop?  How come singles cost less than a pack, but there is an additional box to throw away?  Why does cereal need a bag and a box?  Why do drinks come in packaging instead of refilling our personal use containers?  Why do we use Kleenex, paper towels, napkins and the Japanese use cloth towels and a "washlet" toilet?\n\nJust a thing or 2 to think about.
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Do you perhaps mean "recycling" water?  The question as stated is pretty vague . . .
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Try the following.\n\n1. The names of individual brands of bottled water.\n2. Bottled water market share\n3. Bottled water profiles
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Make sure you sterilize your bottles before you put water in them to store it. As long as the tap water in your area is good, then you can safely store it. Water stores for a very long time, you should change it every few years and you do have to treat the water to keep it preserved. You can treat it with a few drops of bleach. For more information you should get some books on water storage or even look it up on the internet
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I wish they did - they just trash everything -I never really see any fast food bussinesses recycle -some grocery stores recycle their cardboard boxes and I know Wal-mart is avid about recycling - I've been saying for years that it should be a LAW for everyone to recycle its not that difficult to do if we just organized it to fit our lifestyles -I believe someday we may not have a choice but to recycle and if we wait til then it could almost be too late. So everyone should do their part RECYCLE!!!!
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Why buy bottled water at all?  Tap water is just fine.  It's more ecologically friendly and economical to just filter it.
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Your local water purification center is bound by law to provide you with decent water.  It's silly to buy bottled water unless your tap water has a taste you can't abide.
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Could be a lot a reasons, you spilled some. If its an organic reaction you never get a 100% completion, there are always some unreacted materials left.  Thats just how organic are. if you filtered it then you lost some through the filter and and on the paper.
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Because they require very exacting conditions for their disposal.  It's not like you can just throw them in a bag and toss them out.  A lot of times, burning them just creates more toxic material.
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Legally, all materials sold for consumption must have an expiration date.  Even distilled water does.
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Recycling is the collection of used materials that would otherwise be waste to be broken down and remade into new products. Similarly, reuse is collecting waste such as food and drink containers to be cleaned, refilled and resold. Proponents of recycling say that it prevents waste and reduces the consumption of new raw materials. Commonly recycled materials include glass, paper, aluminum, asphalt, and steel. These materials can be derived either from pre-consumer waste (materials used in manufacturing) or post-consumer waste (materials discarded by the consumer).Many manufactured products are not readily biodegradable and take up space in landfills or must be incinerated. Recycling is an alternative to this. In fact, now there are machines that can recycle waste into energy sources and water. In theory, recycling would allow a continuing reuse of materials for the same purpose. In practice, recycling most often extends the useful life of a material, but in a less-versatile form. For example, when paper is recycled, the fibers shorten, making it less useful for high grade papers. Other materials can suffer from contamination, making them unsuitable for food packaging.\n\nOf the 24 OECD-countries where figures were available, only 16% of household waste was recycled in 2002.\n\n\nUS issues\nA neighbourhood recycling station in Oxford, England.\nEnlarge\nA neighbourhood recycling station in Oxford, England.\n\nState support for recycling may be more expensive than alternatives such as landfill; recycling efforts in New York City in the USA cost $57 million per year.1 Environmentalists argue that the benefits to society from recycling compensate for any difference in cost.\n\nA number of U.S. states, such as California, Hawaii, Oregon, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Iowa, Michigan and New York have passed laws that establish deposits or refund values on beverage containers in order to promote recycling. Most are five cents per can or bottle. Michigan's deposit is 10 cents.\n\nSome cities, such as New York and Seattle, have even created laws that enforce fines upon citizens who throw away certain recyclable materials.\n[edit]\n\nReuse\nThe 600ml brown bottle are the "standard beer reused bottle" in Brazil.\nEnlarge\nThe 600ml brown bottle are the "standard beer reused bottle" in Brazil.\n\nOne form of recycling is the reuse of goods, especially bottles. Reuse is distinguished from most forms of recycling, where the good is reduced to a raw material and used in the making of a new good (example: crushing of bottles to make glass for new bottles). Refillable bottles are used extensively in many European countries; for example in Denmark, 98% of bottles are refillable, and 98% of those are returned by consumers. [1] These systems are typically supported by deposit laws and other regulations.\n\nIn some developing nations like India and Pakistan, the cost of new bottles often forces manufacturers to collect and refill old glass bottles for selling cola and other drinks. India and Pakistan also have a way of reusing old newspapers: "Kabadiwalas" buy these from the readers for scrap value and reuse them in packaging or in recycling plants. These scrap intermediaries also help in disposing other articles and metals from the consumers and is a lucrative business for the resellers. [citation needed]\n\nIn the former East Germany, organic household waste was collected and used as fodder for pigs. This integrated system was made possible by the state's control of agriculture; the complexities of continuing it in a market economy after German reunification meant the system had to be discontinued. Organic household waste is still collected separately in some towns in Germany, and may be used for fertilizer or landfilled in more sensitive locations where other waste cannot be.\n\nIn North America, organic household waste, especially yard waste such as leaves on a seasonal basis, is oft
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Thats a great question......but think about the cost of gas vs the price of bottle of water next time you buy one