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Anonymous wrote:If you were really environmentally conscious, you would be taking a refillable bottle on errands. Adopt this practice, and he won't have a choice but to drink from the tap.

OP here. I look in the stores for refillable water bottles. I have bought many, but I have yet to find the "perfect" one. I want one that has a wide mouth so I can clean the inside of it. Not too tall or it tips over when I go around curves in the car. Not too wide or it won't fit well in the cup holder of my vehicle. I have found that Dasani water bottles in a can cozy fit just right in my car cup holders.

FWIW, I refill my empty Dasani water bottles from my faucet about 20 times before I toss them.

Anonymous wrote:We have this friend who comes over every Sunday. He's been coming over on Sundays for about a year. He almost always grabs a bottled water from our frig while he is here. We have a water filter hooked onto our kitchen faucet. What our family does when we want to drink water at home is we get a cup out of the cupboard and fill it with filtered water from the faucet. Put ice cubes in it if we want to. We keep bottled water in the frig for times we are going out on errands and want to take water with us. And yes, we offer bottled water to company but also ask if they want filtered water in a cup. Apparently we forgot to offer filtered water to this guy the very first time he came over.

I want to tell him that I would prefer that he just get water from our faucet filter because it is way cheaper and way more environmentally friendly. And also because I have to remember to restock the bottled water in the frig before he comes over. I can't think of a polite way to bring this up.

Do you all have any suggestions?

How do you all feel about drinking bottled water at home?

Anonymous wrote:I'll start with, I always have them handy because the convince is worth it to me to stay hydrated.

I always offer my guests bottled water. I personally don't like using other people's cups because I don't know how clean they are. I know even my cups can have gunk on them that I don't notice as I pull out the washer. Also it feels nice to give them a little something. They can take the bottle with them and refill it. They always take it with them. It's kind of like a thank you for hanging out with me.

I'm in a state with a lot of homeless and a recycling program. Most trash bins are raided by the homeless for bottles to recycle and cash in on. So even if they don't recycle themselves, there's a good chance it will be alright.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you were really environmentally conscious, you would be taking a refillable bottle on errands. Adopt this practice, and he won't have a choice but to drink from the tap.

+1 we don't keep bottled water at home

Anonymous wrote:Have you ever heard of these magical things called refillable water bottles, OP?

I can never understand people who still buy bottled water for use at home. Like... you know the impact on the environment, you know you're part of the problem, you know there are better solutions... so why do it?

Anonymous wrote:Anyone with more than exactly zero children has zero right to bash anyone else's impact on the environment. Bunch of faux-crunchy ninnies who love musty reusable bottles.

May your descendants enjoy my disposable bottles forever.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you were really environmentally conscious, you would be taking a refillable bottle on errands. Adopt this practice, and he won't have a choice but to drink from the tap.

OP here. I look in the stores for refillable water bottles. I have bought many, but I have yet to find the "perfect" one. I want one that has a wide mouth so I can clean the inside of it. Not too tall or it tips over when I go around curves in the car. Not too wide or it won't fit well in the cup holder of my vehicle. I have found that Dasani water bottles in a can cozy fit just right in my car cup holders.

FWIW, I refill my empty Dasani water bottles from my faucet about 20 times before I toss them.

Anonymous wrote:There is no excuse for drinking bottled water. It's the very definition of selfish. Why on earth would you intentionally add plastic to our landfills? Drink tap water. Or if you really must, buy a filter.

Anonymous wrote:Why are you even buying bottled water? Weird.

If I have to drink from one I dump out the plastic tasting chemically water inside and refill from a faucet or water fountain. God only knows what leaches into bottled water and yeah I'm sure Dasani/PepsiCo says it's safe as can be.

Anonymous wrote:Your only problem is stocking disposable bottles of water in your house. Stop that and the world will be a better place.

Anonymous wrote:Why on earth does he need to come over every Sun? So odd.

Anonymous wrote:Who even buys bottled water? It's a sign of low education, or possibly advanced age.