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Originally Posted by Marc
I agree.... cut watse out at the source. Bottled water would be No1 in the firing line for me.
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One of the things I found interesting when I started to spend some time in The Netherlands last year is how there you get back a significant amount of money if you return many plastic and glass bottles for reuse.
Most supermarkets have machines which automatically scan bottles (either individually or, with beer bottles, by the crate) to determine if they can be recycled. Taking back a carrier bagful of bottles can easily result in getting a €5 voucher to use toward your next purchase.
Agree that
acqua minerale naturale is, in most cicumstances, just a waste of resources. Unfortunately, there's currently an individual in this household who's going through a
lievemente frizzante phase, so we've lately been spending time trying to stuff crushed plastic bottles into already over-full yellow plastic igloos. We have wondered what happens to the stuff... assuming it ever gets taken away.
Al