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Re:How Coca-Cola Undermines Plastic Recycling Efforts by pinkfoot on Sunday October 20, 2019 @03:46PM (#21306560)
And bottled water is stored in sun-lit areas for long periods of time - UV light destroys the hypochlorite (the bacteria-killing stuff).

Tap-water is kept in nice dark pipes.

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Re:How Coca-Cola Undermines Plastic Recycling Efforts by triceratops on Sunday October 20, 2019 @09:07PM (#21308538)
Doesn't UV light also break down plastic? Does some of that stuff end up in the water? Bottled water already has more microplastics than tap water.[1]

1. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/15/micropla...

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Re:How Coca-Cola Undermines Plastic Recycling Efforts by Scoundreller on Sunday October 20, 2019 @11:38PM (#21309164)
Bottled water usually uses ozone for disinfection (if spring water, not bottled tap water).

Usually that leaves it pure enough to not require chlorine for ongoing disinfection.

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Re:How Coca-Cola Undermines Plastic Recycling Efforts by WalterBright on Sunday October 20, 2019 @04:47PM (#21307012)
> Tap-water is kept in nice dark pipes.

It doesn't normally stay there long enough to get stagnant.

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Re:How Coca-Cola Undermines Plastic Recycling Efforts by pinkfoot on Sunday October 20, 2019 @05:01PM (#21307108)
How do you know?
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Re:How Coca-Cola Undermines Plastic Recycling Efforts by stjohnswarts on Sunday October 20, 2019 @06:03PM (#21307503)
Because people use water in their homes and for water to get from the water reservoir to your house requires it to be moving.
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Re:How Coca-Cola Undermines Plastic Recycling Efforts by WalterBright on Sunday October 20, 2019 @06:20PM (#21307643)
Right. And water pipes are sized to the demand, which means water will be moving in them. The water pipe feeding your house isn't a foot in diameter.
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