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" "…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.
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" ".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 at sam's club is 15 cents per bottle. You are not
supposed to refill the disposable bottles, due to sanitation concerns.
If you carry a refillable bottle you have to hang on to it.



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"John H" wrote in message
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" ".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 at sam's club is 15 cents per bottle. You are not supposed
to refill the disposable bottles, due to sanitation concerns. If you carry
a refillable bottle you have to hang on to it.



We have a better system here. I go to the local grocery store and pay 65
cents for a 4 liter refill of city tap water run through a reverse
osmosis/filtering and ultra-violet light process machine. Tastes much
better than any mineral water.

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" ".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 at sam's club is 15 cents per bottle. *You are not
supposed to refill the disposable bottles, due to sanitation concerns.
If you carry a refillable bottle you have to hang on to it.


I don't refill the thin plastic ones from water, but we save gatoraid
and other thicker bottles and use them. We go through a lot of water
at the track, and we also fill a bunch with water and powdered
gatoraide or similar too. We have RO filters in both houses, and well
water too so we don't really pay anything for our refills to speak
of..

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" ".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 at sam's club is 15 cents per bottle. You are not
supposed to refill the disposable bottles, due to sanitation concerns.
If you carry a refillable bottle you have to hang on to it.



I wouldn't expect them to refill the bottles, just recycle the plastic. A lot
fewer people would buy water in plastic bottles, and a lot fewer of those
plastic bottles would be polluting our rivers, lakes, ditches, lawns, etc.


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On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:40:42 -0500, "Del Cecchi" wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
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" ".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 at sam's club is 15 cents per bottle. You are not
supposed to refill the disposable bottles, due to sanitation concerns.
If you carry a refillable bottle you have to hang on to it.



I wouldn't expect them to refill the bottles, just recycle the plastic. A lot
fewer people would buy water in plastic bottles, and a lot fewer of those
plastic bottles would be polluting our rivers, lakes, ditches, lawns, etc.


Littering is not the same issue as bottled water. Pigs are pigs.

We have curb side recycling but they burn the plastic and paper in the
waste to energy incinerator. That is a lot more efficient than
trucking it 1500 miles to a recycling plant. Somebody complained and
they are going to start sorting and trucking. It will cost us about
$300,000 a year for this "saving"


I think a hefty deposit on the plastic bottles would reduce the number of pigs,
and maybe entice some kids to pick up bottles. That's how I bought Cokes when I
was a kid.

As to the 'complainer', well, you just can't cure stupid.
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On Jun 11, 8:12*pm, John H 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....
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On Jun 11, 8:12 pm, John H 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.

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"*e#c" wrote in message
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On Jun 11, 8:12 pm, John H 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.


You mean governmetn had nothing better to do like properly manage the city?

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