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"Harry" wrote in message
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On 6/14/10 3:56 PM, John H wrote:
On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:40:00 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:55:11 -0400, John
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:14:08 -0400, wrote:

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On Jun 11, 8:12 pm, John wrote:
" "?a Fairfax Water customer who buys a 20-ounce bottle of water
for
$1.25
could fill that same 20-ounce bottle with our tap water every day
for
more than
10 years for that same $1.25."

I wish they'd charge a 25cent deposit for every plastic bottle
sold.

"Bottled Water" in Ontario, will soon be a thing of the past. Thank
Gawd....

It's outlawed in Halifax Municipal offices& meetings.
Province has been talking about the same thing.

The utility of bottled water is imeasurable. Freezing water to make
ice
cubes is a waste of a valuable resource when the ice is put into a
cooler. Freezing bottles of water to use as "ice" in a cooler doesn't
waste the water. Besides there is plenty of oil around to continue to
make the plastic bottles.

Well, that just means you're putting that bottle on which you paid a
deposit to
good use. That's much better than trashing it alongside the road or in
the bay.

Littering is a separate issue. Do you think we should have a deposit
on all containers, wrappers and cups?
I fish out all the trash I see in the river and I get as many ice
bags, subway bags and styrofoam cups as I do beverage containers.
Water bottles are really fairly rare.

Right now my hangup is with plastic bottles. Some places are already
charging
for plastic bags, and I've no problem with that either. Biodegradable
containers are OK.

This will give you a stroke for sure, herring, but I agree with you...

Last year one of our major grocery stores started charging for their flimsy
plastic bags. They expected you to buy the larger sacks for multiple
re-uses.
Trouble is, their competition didn't, and still provided better quality
plastic bags...so the 1st store reverted to the previous practice.
note: the bags cost the store around a penny each, but then charged the
customers a nickel per.
The big 'permanent' bags cost a dollar... you just have to remember to put
them back in the car each time.