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There is a book that came out recently about our obsession with bottled water called Botllemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It. In it, the author talks about our reliance on bottled water and how tap water is generally as pure or more pure than bottled water.
Americans are getting away from bottled water, but it isn't because of this new book. Apparently bottled water is just too expensive, and in an economic downturn it's one of those luxury items that gets cut. This report from CNN.com interviews several people who have switched to tap water as well as a few calculations of how much you can save by cutting out bottled water.
The report also briefly mentions the environmental aspect of this trend. Refusing to buy bottled water helps cut down on the plastic bottles, which we've been told for years is what we need to do. Are you cutting back or cutting out bottled water for economic reasons?
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6-20-2008 @5:41PM DanGarion said... You mean "too" right?
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6-20-2008 @6:29PM Donna said... Absolutely no way we can cut out bottled spring water. We don't buy it in anything but the gallon-sized containers, but there's no way we could stop. We have 75K cattle upstream from our city's water source, so you can imagine how the water smells and tastes. It's completely undrinkable.
We do use filters on the faucets, but even that isn't enough to completely eradicate the smell and taste.
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6-22-2008 @12:58AM Jason Levine said... I used to buy one of the bigger (but still portable) bottles of water and then refill it with tap water for my lunches every day. I'd keep reusing the bottle for a month or more (washing it with soap and water when it got nasty looking.) I've recently upgraded to a store bought plastic water bottle (of the non-bottled-water variety) that I can refill and stick in the dishwasher.
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6-22-2008 @10:39AM Jason said... I buy 4L size for 99 cents and try to avoid smaller 500ml ones, which work out to several times more expensive.
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6-22-2008 @6:54PM Bernie B said... Living in Michigan, my state was at one time forward thinking by instituting the .10 bottle return. It irks me to no end that none of the new drink products hitting the market are subject to the same rules as other soft drinks. Same goes for coffee/energy drinks.
You're not likely to find any empty beer/soda cans around as they have a perceived monetary value.
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6-23-2008 @2:31PM Baron said... I think part of what we are missing on this conversation is that bottled water really sales so well b/c there is a big convenience factor involved. It is way easier to just open the fridge, grab an icy cool bottle of water and go. I got into the habit for a while of taking the used bottles, filling them back up with filtered water from the tap and putting them back in the fridge. I would like to say we have cut back, but since my wife is pregnant, we are going through more and more of it than ever before. At least there is not a partially filled bottle ever tossed around us, they are all bone dry. After the baby is born, I am going to look at getting one of those reusable 5 gallon systems installed. I hate all those wasted bottles.
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