Plastic Water Bottles

OrangeStars88
OrangeStars88 Posts: 13
in Food and Nutrition
Do any of you reuse plastic water bottles? I always feel guilty throwing them away after one use, but I'm afraid of the toxins seeping into my water...

Is it safe to reuse them?

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  • aNewYear123
    aNewYear123 Posts: 279 Member
    I never thought about safe, but I reuse mine all of the time. I don't see why toxins would seep into water you add to the bottle any more (or less for that matter) than they would seep into the water that was originally bottled.
  • Teenie71
    Teenie71 Posts: 52
    Be good to the environment and yourself and get yourself a Brita filter system (or the like) and a Nalgene refill bottle. Pretty cheap in the long run and no recycling needed.
  • ashenriver
    ashenriver Posts: 498 Member
    You can also buy a refillable bottle and just refill it with tap water or filtered water if you are so inclined.
    Its cheaper then buying water.

    Plus can you not recycle your water bottles? I also get paid back a deposit on mine. Of course the last time I bought water was a few months ago when I forgot my bottle when I went skiing. Skiing all day without water is not a good thing.
  • knra_grl
    knra_grl Posts: 1,566 Member
    I hardly buy bottled water anymore, I use my nalgene bottle and tap water. I don't even bother with the brita, my tap water is fine.
  • Swiftdogs
    Swiftdogs Posts: 328 Member
    I always refill my collection of bottles. My well water is better than the stuff I can buy, IMO.
  • cardbucfan
    cardbucfan Posts: 10,571 Member
    I like the flip top bottles for spin class and no matter how hard I try I can't find a reusable bottle that works as well. So I buy a six pack of the flip tops and wash and reuse them until they are too crushed or the lid breaks or whatever then recycle and move on to the next. I can probably get a good two months out of each bottle.
  • OrangeStars88
    OrangeStars88 Posts: 13
    You can also buy a refillable bottle and just refill it with tap water or filtered water if you are so inclined.
    Its cheaper then buying water.

    Plus can you not recycle your water bottles? I also get paid back a deposit on mine. Of course the last time I bought water was a few months ago when I forgot my bottle when I went skiing. Skiing all day without water is not a good thing.

    I live in rural Oklahoma. We have an aluminum recycling plant but not a plastic one... Makes sense, right? lol. :ohwell: I don't always use plastic water bottles, but when I do use them I feel guilty. I also like Lipton's green tea and it only comes in plastic... Another thing that makes sense... :ohwell:

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