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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
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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.
And wash them. Disgusting...

Huh?
What do you carry in yours... your socks?
Meat, poultry, pork, seafood... I don't go to the grocery store but my
wife insists on using those things. They are washable.

We all use them up here... but also use plastic bags for anything that might
soil the inside of the permanent bags.