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Re:Plastic Water Bottles, Which Enabled a Drinks Boom, Now T... by reaperducer on Monday December 17, 2018 @02:57PM (#18701627)
Buy a nalgene....we can do better

We used to just use public drinking fountains. Or paper cups at the office water cooler. And kids drank out of water fountains in parks, or out of random garden hoses they found.

Yesterday I saw a kid with a fancy Nalgene... at church!

I have a pill that I take which has dry cough as a side-effect, and even I don't bring a water bottle to church. The kid's not going to shrivel up and blow away because he can't have a sip of water for 45 minutes.

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Re:Plastic Water Bottles, Which Enabled a Drinks Boom, Now T... by bluntfang on Monday December 17, 2018 @05:33PM (#18702886)
I think it's really important for people to carry their own plate/bowl, cup, and utensils that they can use and wash on their own that they carry around with them wherever they go. The whole disposable plate/utensil industry could be removed if everyone just brought their own!
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Re:Plastic Water Bottles, Which Enabled a Drinks Boom, Now T... by CountHackulus on Monday December 17, 2018 @09:11PM (#18704011)
I can't tell if you're being serious or not, but I actually do this. I've got a spork, a glass cup, a metal straw, and a fabric napkin that I bring with me everywhere. If I'm going somewhere I know that I'll want to bring food home I'll also bring one of my metal lunch containers.

I'm carrying a backpack anyway and this is a really small amount of things to bring around. It's a very small impact from a single person, but every few times someone will say "ooh, that's a good idea" or something like that and it makes me feel like the idea is spreading.

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Re:Plastic Water Bottles, Which Enabled a Drinks Boom, Now T... by njarboe on Monday December 17, 2018 @04:42PM (#18702485)
The ADA forced the designs for water fountains to change and they have been unreliable, low-to-no flow, and too short for most people ever since. People had to learn to carry water with them when before they just drank out of a fountain when they were thirsty. At least there has been a rise in the bottle filling dispensers so that filling up your bottle is not such a pain.
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