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I don't feel it's ever effective to put a problem like this on individuals. When it gets down to the level of buying at the gas station, your choices are plasti
by JulianMorrison 7y ago
I don't feel it's ever effective to put a problem like this on individuals. When it gets down to the level of buying at the gas station, your choices are plastic, plastic or plastic, or stay thirsty. Which is not an option.
The answer has to be national, ideally global, and that means political.
- snowwindwaves 7y agoI have been carrying the same metal water bottle around with me since 2008. I fill it with water. I don’t buy water or other drinks in plastic bottles. I agree it’s not effective to expect people to do this, but it’s really easy for an individual to do.
- hnick 7y agoI agree, it's common for school children here in Australia to bring their own water bottle, and I've kept up the habit as an adult. When I see people buying water in supermarkets it's mostly immigrants or tourists, based on overhead conversations and personal experience. I think a cultural change and education (like we did for littering, with a pretty great but not perfect outcome) is the better option. I've tried telling my foreign in-laws that the water here is some of the cleanest in the world, but they still buy their 24-pack from supermarket when they visit. Maybe one day we will convince them.
- esotericn 7y agoI ask the cashier or whoever to fill my water bottle and 99% of the time it's fine. This might not scale but eventually perhaps they'd just stick a tap outside or whatever. Or do it in the bathroom since potable water is fairly universal in the Western world. I don't expect others to do this because it seems there are huge numbers of irrationally squeamish individuals.