On 2021-03-15 2:30 p.m., Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-03-15 2:24 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>> Biggest problem with plastics is people.* Too many people are slobs.
>>
>> Properly used and handled there should be little waste, nothing
>> floating in the oceans. Most can be recycled or used as a fuel to
>> generate electricity. Most plastics contain 18,000 Btu per pound.
>
> The single biggest cause of litter around here is plastic water bottles.
> Personally I have little use for bottled water and can't figure out why
> people insist on buying those small bottles instead of drinking tap
> water. Out local tap water is excellent. The least they could do would
> be to dispose of them into a proper receptacle instead of throwing them
> onto the shoulder of the road or into a ditch.
>
>
> I take water with me when I am kayaking, bicycling or out on the
> motorcycle, and sometimes when I am travelling in the car, but I fill up
> re-usable bottles at home.

More than once, when out on my bike, I've had to discard a bottle of tap
water due to the unpleasant taste. Standing the water in advance has had
little effect. The degree of chlorination seems to be unpredictable so I
fill my bike bottles with commercially bottled water.