I use empty bottles of a big-name sports drink. Most of them are refilled with water, I keep a couple around to use and when the top gets dark spots, that one gets recycled, and another gets a new job for a while.
If you exercise regularly, it’s worth having a good water bottle. It needs to be leak proof and it needs to be designed so as to be easily and thoroughly cleaned every now and then. I’ve seen bike bottles that had a life of their own. If you wonder why the covers are black in colour…, wonder no more.
Though the product does have its place once in a great while, I am not a fan of commercially bottled water, or to use more accurate terminology, hydrologically based litter-delivery system. So when I feel the need to carry water around with me — which really isn’t that often in modern America, there are still drinking fountains everywhere — I have my own bottle. Rather, bottles. I have more of them than I need, which is to say more than one. I have a LOT more than one. Where did they all come from? It’s a little embarrassing. Even more embarrassing is that I like them. Some of them are bland, but most of them are really cool. And you never know when one size or lid design is going to be more appropriate than another. This how the shiny objects get you.
I’m not naive. I know it takes resources, and creates waste, to manufacture a reusable water bottle. More, I am certain, than it takes to manufacture a plastic throw-away one. (Or recyclable one. Sure. That’s what’s happening to all of them.)
I wonder where the tipping point is. But I do know this: If a bottle is in my house, it’s not in a landfill and it’s certainly not floating in a lake or sitting in the grass somewhere. That’s a start. Perfect is a tough standard, but we can always strive for just a little farther from damn-fool status. I’ll drink to that.
RAGs over 4 years ago
And if something is 10% off, and I buy 10 of them, they’re free, right?
Bilan over 4 years ago
But they’re not reusable bottles anymore when you forget where you left them.
MS72 over 4 years ago
RE-DUCE, RE-USE, RE-CYCLE. You can cycle all you want. Just don’t forget the other 2.
ejrayh over 4 years ago
Math was only straight forward through early elementary school.
Ron Bauerle over 4 years ago
If you really want some confusing math, compute the cost (both financially and environmentally) of:
1. a re-usable bottle and the water (and electricity to heat it) to clean it.
2. a one-use bottle that gets recycled.
Alan Steenhouwer over 4 years ago
Lucas Arts Shirt?
1MadHat Premium Member over 4 years ago
I use empty bottles of a big-name sports drink. Most of them are refilled with water, I keep a couple around to use and when the top gets dark spots, that one gets recycled, and another gets a new job for a while.
cervelo over 4 years ago
If you exercise regularly, it’s worth having a good water bottle. It needs to be leak proof and it needs to be designed so as to be easily and thoroughly cleaned every now and then. I’ve seen bike bottles that had a life of their own. If you wonder why the covers are black in colour…, wonder no more.
Concretionist over 4 years ago
Math is always straight forward. How that math is embedded in the real world: Not so much.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 4 years ago
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Though the product does have its place once in a great while, I am not a fan of commercially bottled water, or to use more accurate terminology, hydrologically based litter-delivery system. So when I feel the need to carry water around with me — which really isn’t that often in modern America, there are still drinking fountains everywhere — I have my own bottle. Rather, bottles. I have more of them than I need, which is to say more than one. I have a LOT more than one. Where did they all come from? It’s a little embarrassing. Even more embarrassing is that I like them. Some of them are bland, but most of them are really cool. And you never know when one size or lid design is going to be more appropriate than another. This how the shiny objects get you.
I’m not naive. I know it takes resources, and creates waste, to manufacture a reusable water bottle. More, I am certain, than it takes to manufacture a plastic throw-away one. (Or recyclable one. Sure. That’s what’s happening to all of them.)
I wonder where the tipping point is. But I do know this: If a bottle is in my house, it’s not in a landfill and it’s certainly not floating in a lake or sitting in the grass somewhere. That’s a start. Perfect is a tough standard, but we can always strive for just a little farther from damn-fool status. I’ll drink to that.
asrialfeeple over 4 years ago
If it’s winter over there as well, why is she wearing flats on her bare feet?