On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:01:45 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>Lou Decruss wrote:
>>
>> When I was a kid there were drinking fountains everywhere. Now
>> they're hard to find. Stores and restaurants want you to buy water.
>> I could order from a fast food place and get a glass of water. Now
>> they want to sell you a bottle. At best they want to charge you for a
>> cup. I see people on the bus, the train, in their cars, jogging,
>> shopping, and it seems everyone has a bottle of water!!!
>>
>> Where do they think all the plastic is going?
>>
>> Now the Chicago city idiots have seen a reason to tax these bottles.
>> $.05 a bottle. Rather that implement a better recycling program they
>> just want to make the extra 10.5 million per year in revenue. If they
>> made a deposit on them litter would be eliminated. But that would
>> make too much sense.
>>
>> How does your state or country deal with this? Do you buy bottles of
>> water? Do you at least recycle them?
>
>I used to buy reverse osmosis water in big reusable jugs for drinking
>because we are on a well and cistern and it can get a little funky. We now
>have a distiller. I occasionally buy a few bottles so that I can refill
>them and use them when I am out hiking or bicycling. On hot summer days I
>freeze them so they are nice and cold when I need a drink. I never find a
>small bottle of water to be very satisfying.
>
>I think that a tax on them is a good idea, and it should be more than 5
>cents per bottle to discourage their use.

If people are stupid enough to pay over a buck for a bottle I imagine
they'd pay 2 bucks also. But that does nothing for the waste.

>A refund system might be a better
>idea.

A much better idea.

>I am disgusted by the number of empty plastic bottles littering
>sidewalks and roadways.

As am I.

>Anything all to discourage people from filling up
>land fill sites and littering would be a good idea. Besides, they are an
>incredible rip off.

That's an understatement.

Thanks for the response.

Lou