I decided not to buy water in plastic bottles. Back to my childhood.

@marguicha (230365)

Chile

January 15, 2024 7:20pm CST

Today I saw in the news that scientists had discovered that the water and sodas that came in plastic bottle contained tiny particles of plastics that were harmful to health. I had already decided not to buy any drink in aluminum containers as it takes a long time to be converted into something useful for the planet. So now I will be back to where I started. When I was a child my mom gave us plain water from the tap and on occations she added a bit of red wine to it. I´ll boil the water because now they add too much chlorine. I have a gadget to filter first the water and then I boil it. I could drink the boiled water if I cool it in the fridge and add a bit of wine to it for a better taste.

Coming to think about it I never had a CocaCola until I was 11 and went to the US.

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@LadyDuck (502957)

• Italy

16 Jan 24

I still buy sparkling water in GLASS bottles. They deliver the bottles every week, bring back the empties. I wonder why this is not done for more products. I cannot remember when I had my first Coca Cola, but I remember that I tried and I thought it has a disgusting taste of medicine.

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@marguicha (230365)

• Chile

16 Jan 24

It is difficult here to buy them in glass bottles. You have to go to a place where they change your empty glass bottle for a new one. Supermarkets don´t have that service. I was a Coca Cola fan while I lived in the US when I was a child. I used it when I was a teen to make Cuba libre at partys. That was the end of my love story with it. My husband taught me about other much more delicious drinks and the plain beverage was horrid by that time.

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@LadyDuck (502957)

• Italy

18 Jan 24

@avi256 I have the feeling that drinks are colder served in glass.

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@avi256 (8515)

• Pune, India

18 Jan 24

Yes the feel of cold drinks in glass bottles is very refreshing compared to the ones nowadays in plastic bottles mostly.

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@JESSY3236 (22287)

• United States

16 Jan 24

I don't drink sodas anymore. We have well water, but it's hard. But I do use the tap water now in my tea kettle when I make my tea. I do drink sparkling water in plastic bottles.

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@marguicha (230365)

• Chile

18 Jan 24

@avi256 I see.

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@marguicha (230365)

• Chile

16 Jan 24

I have a filter for my tap water and then I boil it.

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@avi256 (8515)

• Pune, India

18 Jan 24

We use water softener in our society itself so the water that comes through the tap in homes is a bit softened.

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@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

16 Jan 24

During my younger years, we usually boiled water from the tap to make it drinkable. Now, our drinkable water is coming from purified water stations.

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@marguicha (230365)

• Chile

16 Jan 24

The water from the tap here is supposed to be drinkable. But I don´t like the taste. So I´ll filter it and boil it.

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@marguicha (230365)

• Chile

18 Jan 24

@Shavkat I know that our water is "safe". But that is because it has lots of chlorine among other things. So I´ll filter it and then boil it. And then I´ll let it stan a bit before drinking it.

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@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

18 Jan 24

@marguicha The feeling is mutual. I am not confident to drink water from the tap.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

16 Jan 24

I haven't bought bottled water in over a year. I have a Brita water pitcher that filters the water. It's good you will use tap water and boil it so it will be healthier for you to drink.

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@marguicha (230365)

• Chile

16 Jan 24

I am starting to do it. I also did my math and with the savings In sparkling water will be enough to buy one of my luxuries: special cheeses.

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@marguicha (230365)

• Chile

17 Jan 24

@just4him One of my goals this year is to change my spending habits.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

17 Jan 24

@marguicha That's great. I'm glad you'll be able to do that.

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@sarik1 (7824)

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17 Jan 24

Agree your point .i use thomas bottles.

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@marguicha (230365)

• Chile

17 Jan 24

What are those?

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@sarik1 (7824)

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18 Jan 24

@marguicha A thermos bottle is a portable container that keeps liquids hot or cold for a long time.

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@avi256 (8515)

• Pune, India

18 Jan 24

@sarik1 Thermos bottles keep temperature intact as well.

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@MarieCoyle (59451)

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16 Jan 24

I try hard to avoid excess plastic use. I have been wondering about all the soda that is sold here in plastic bottles as well. Surely it has to have a similar effect?? I will have to look that up.

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@marguicha (230365)

• Chile

17 Jan 24

@MarieCoyle Filters are a must in many places.

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@MarieCoyle (59451)

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19 Jan 24

@marguicha It does seem to make the water taste better.

@MarieCoyle (59451)

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17 Jan 24

@marguicha I keep a Britta filter tank of water in the refrigerator, it fills the need and the water is very good.

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@GardenGerty (169590)

• United States

17 Jan 24

I drink tap water. I also drink coffee and tea. I wish things came packaged in glass, as it just seems cleaner.

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@marguicha (230365)

• Chile

17 Jan 24

I wholly agree.

@May2k8 (19795)

• Indonesia

17 Jan 24

I still drink from plastic bottles and I don't drink soda anymore.

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@marguicha (230365)

• Chile

17 Jan 24

I am trying to use less plastic in everything.

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@RebeccasFarm (91297)

• United States

16 Jan 24

I never bought those. I use a filter for my water..a filter jug.

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@marguicha (230365)

• Chile

16 Jan 24

I have a filter jug too and now I´ll boil the filtered water and cool it in the fridge. I just found out that it was better than bottled water and the savings will pay for all the money I spend in special cheeses.

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@wolfgirl569 (136091)

• Marion, Ohio

16 Jan 24

We use our tap water.

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@marguicha (230365)

• Chile

17 Jan 24

@wolfgirl569 Awesome!

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@marguicha (230365)

• Chile

16 Jan 24

Some places have good tap water. Ours is healthy but has too much chlorine.

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@wolfgirl569 (136091)

• Marion, Ohio

16 Jan 24

@marguicha We have well water. Nothing added

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@JudyEv (382693)

• Rockingham, Australia

16 Jan 24

Our water is safe to drink from the tap thankfully although heavens knows what is in that that may not be good for me. The water from the fridge dispenser is filtered so mostly I've been drinking that.

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@marguicha (230365)

• Chile

16 Jan 24

Our tap water is healthy but I also filter it. And the rest of the chlorine taste disappears by boiling it.

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@avi256 (8515)

• Pune, India

18 Jan 24

Most of the packaged drinking water comes in plastic bottles only.. Not sure how we can deal it on larger basis.

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@marguicha (230365)

• Chile

18 Jan 24

It is also terrible how plastic keeps piling in the planet.

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@avi256 (8515)

• Pune, India

23 Jan 24

@marguicha It is very tough for the government as well to get rid of plastic as people don't want to discard it and always find ways to use it even if it gets banned. The only thing the government tries hard is to evaluate plastic quality.

@LindaOHio (222986)

• United States

16 Jan 24

Plastic pollution and plastic consumption have become very disturbing.

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@marguicha (230365)

• Chile

16 Jan 24

As soon as I knew about it I returned to tap water. I can filter it and boiled it.

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@marguicha (230365)

• Chile

17 Jan 24

@LindaOHio i understand that

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@LindaOHio (222986)

• United States

16 Jan 24

@marguicha We have a filter on our refrigerator; but hubs never changes it.

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@jefferson126 (3670)

• Shenzhen, China

16 Jan 24

I drunk bottled water or beverage from time to time,every time i check the date of production,if the water was out of date,i won't buy.the outdated water indeed have some particles.

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@marguicha (230365)

• Chile

16 Jan 24

I decided yesterday to start drinking only tap water. Here it is very safe. But I´ll filter it and boil it basically for the taste.

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@jefferson126 (3670)

• Shenzhen, China

17 Jan 24

@marguicha ,However when you travel to a far place,can't get to tap water,will you buy bottled water?

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@marguicha (230365)

• Chile

17 Jan 24

@jefferson126 Yes, I will. Except if I go to Aruba. Aruba gets its water from the sea and has a desalinization plant. I´ve never had more deliicous water.

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