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It's a hot day outside, with temps reaching 90-95°f(32-35°c), and you are thirsty! So you stop by the nearest convenience store, and you spend $.99 - $1.79 for what you could have gotten for free out of a faucet somewhere, an 8-12-16oz bottle of water! Obviously it's a smart investment! There is a problem with the water, it's cold. Obviously nobody wants to drink cold water! Fortunately, it proves to be a temporary inconvenience, because by the time you've taken 3-5 sips from the bottle, it's already reached water's optimum consumption temperature of 70-80°f! You take 2 more quick sips from the 12oz bottle, and now it's time to pour the remaining 8 ounces onto the ground, and throw the plastic bottle into the trash... As we all know, you didn't really want to drink more than 3-4oz anyway!
Now you get to benefit from another extremely practical use for that now-empty bottle. We all often stress over the knowledge that our trash bags aren't usually completely full when we drop them into our outdoor cans. But if you toss several plastic water bottles into each trash bag right before taking them outside, they will serve to fill those empty gaps, giving you the peace of mind of knowing you are getting efficient use out of those trash bags!
Here's some free advice on how to get the best flavor from your bottled water. After purchasing it, make sure to store them either in the trunk of your car, or in your hot garage, for several days. They will reach temps of 90-125°f. Now, your water will be imparted with that bitter plastic-ey flavor!
'Some' people will claim that dumping hundreds of millions of water bottles into landfills is a bad thing. But that's not really true, especially when you realize they will decompose in just under 450,000 years, so that shouldn't be a worry. Many of them will end up in the ocean, or inland waterways, where they can be VERY useful to wildlife, as flotation devices for when they tire of swimming!
In short, keep buying hundreds of 8-12-16oz water bottles per year, instead of using your free tap water, because odds are, your tap water will only be 100% safe and clean, but it won't be any less healthy! This should concern us deeply...
Now you get to benefit from another extremely practical use for that now-empty bottle. We all often stress over the knowledge that our trash bags aren't usually completely full when we drop them into our outdoor cans. But if you toss several plastic water bottles into each trash bag right before taking them outside, they will serve to fill those empty gaps, giving you the peace of mind of knowing you are getting efficient use out of those trash bags!
Here's some free advice on how to get the best flavor from your bottled water. After purchasing it, make sure to store them either in the trunk of your car, or in your hot garage, for several days. They will reach temps of 90-125°f. Now, your water will be imparted with that bitter plastic-ey flavor!
'Some' people will claim that dumping hundreds of millions of water bottles into landfills is a bad thing. But that's not really true, especially when you realize they will decompose in just under 450,000 years, so that shouldn't be a worry. Many of them will end up in the ocean, or inland waterways, where they can be VERY useful to wildlife, as flotation devices for when they tire of swimming!
In short, keep buying hundreds of 8-12-16oz water bottles per year, instead of using your free tap water, because odds are, your tap water will only be 100% safe and clean, but it won't be any less healthy! This should concern us deeply...
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