Paper bottle could save the planet!
source: http://dvice.com/archives/2008/11/paper_water_bot.php
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The crazy idea of selling billions of gallons of water in everlasting plastic bottles to people who already have access to clean water sources is turning our planet into a gigantic garbage heap. Finally, somebody is doing something about that. Brandimage created the 360 Bottle made of paper, which is 100% renewable.
Nice. It's apparently an impossible task to convince a sizable portion of our population that there's no need to clutch a bottle of water like a baby with a pacifier all day long. So, might as well limit the amount of harm done. These paper bottles are good for just about any liquid, too — not just water.
If this idea can even make a dent in the 60 million plastic bottles tossed each day in the U.S., Brandimage deserves an award. Wait. The company received an IDEA (International Design Excellence Award) for this design. Bravo. Now if they could just get those silver-tongued water hucksters and bottle-sucking sheep to buy into it.
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hunzedog
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- 2 years ago
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hunzedog
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bedeboop
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I'd buy it? Think it would hold hot coffee for my long drives to work at night in the winter???? I'd love it.
- 3 years ago
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bedeboop
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Robroy1
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Use glass and get a water filter and do the world a favor, if you need a pacifier get a reusable glass one. Bottled water is like Starbuck's coffee . Coffee is $1.00 many places but $4.00 for the same coffee at Starbucks. All I can think of is "What Idiots" Same crowd. What a joke people take tap water and bottle it and these morons pay extra for what comes out of thier tap anyway. Incredible, only in America, the land of waste and pollution.
- 3 years ago
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Robroy1
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standingchair
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I hope this catches on. Spread the word, lest this brilliant idea fall by the wayside!
- 3 years ago
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standingchair
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uponrooftops
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maybe they should make tap water stop tasting so disgusting with all of the unknown chemicals they put in it. then i'll stop buying bottled water.
it's a sad reason, but totally true. - 3 years ago
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uponrooftops
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diode
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i buy bottled water because my tap water is filthy. i'm buying a water filtration system but still, it only gets so much.
these, if they work, look awesome. i'd buy them
- 3 years ago
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diode
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Kylli
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this is such a great invention...we're finally getting things right!
- 3 years ago
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Kylli
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shroomfairy
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Cool idea!
- 3 years ago
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shroomfairy
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extracrazykiwi2008
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Wow! I'll buy that for a dollar.
- 3 years ago
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extracrazykiwi2008
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derk
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I am so in!!
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derk
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Stunner1
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The world might just make it.
- 3 years ago
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Stunner1
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Cuddlebones
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That's awesome. I can't tell you how many times i get mad at my friend for wasting so many water bottles. I make her throw all her bottles in the back of my car so we can recycle them later. I should just make her switch!
- 3 years ago
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Cuddlebones
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nazbags
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I hope people would warm to these ... I can see the average consumer getting weirded out by something out of the ordinary like this
- 3 years ago
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nazbags
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amena
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great idea! i love the design and the idea of replacing plastic with biodegradable paper. but why can't people just buy one water container, use, wash and repeat? then they won't have to worry about waste from the paper bottles.
- 3 years ago
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amena
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rickm8
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btw, how do you fit it in a cupholder?
- 3 years ago
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rickm8
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HolyCity2012
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rickm8:
you don't.
Once us humanist, liberal, socialist takeover we will all be riding in rail cars / trolleys and trains.
Both of those will have pulp paper, drink carton caddies.
- 3 years ago
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HolyCity2012
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uponrooftops
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rickm8:
HolyCity, I hope you're joking.
I already walk most of the time, and take the train in and out of the city, but...
I'll never give up my car.
I love driving too much. - 3 years ago
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uponrooftops
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asherp
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I use a canning jar. It's glass.
- 3 years ago
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asherp
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rickm8
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i'm a chewing tobacco user and this would make it a pain in the rear for spitting into...
- 3 years ago
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rickm8
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HolyCity2012
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rickm8:
too bad
- 3 years ago
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HolyCity2012
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covelogibbs
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rickm8:
Well, you have bigger problems to worry about, don't you?
- 3 years ago
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covelogibbs
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rickm8
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rickm8:
not really, full health insurance coverage permits me to go for regular cancer exams, no worries here. smoking is multiples worse
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rickm8
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HolyCity2012
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rickm8:
Who provides your "full health insurance coverage" Mr. Libertarian?
p.s. smoking is not worse.
- 3 years ago
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HolyCity2012
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derk
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rickm8:
Tobacco users can get help finding a program to help them quit tobacco. You can find out more about the American Cancer Society’s Quitline tobacco cessation program and other programs in your area by calling ACS at 1-800-ACS-2345.
- 3 years ago
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derk
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ScratchyPants
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Awesome idea!
- 3 years ago
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ScratchyPants
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2muchinfo
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think about the trees guys
- 3 years ago
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2muchinfo
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HolyCity2012
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2muchinfo:
think about recycled paper...
Dufus
- 3 years ago
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HolyCity2012
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covelogibbs
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Henry Ford tries out his first car
What was it made from?
Plant based materials- including hemp
"the axe bounced, and there was no dent....."All of those plastic bottles should be made from hemp plastic. The "new" bio-plastic made from corn is a scam. Displacing food crops, GMO corn, subsidies, people starving, etc.
- 3 years ago
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covelogibbs
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covelogibbs
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Now, if these bottles were made from 100% post consumer waste, or from a truly renewable source like hemp, we would have something.
It's time to re-legalize industrial hemp. Actually, it's long overdue.
If you don't believe in hemp, please research it and then write your elected leaders and tell them to end the prohibition.
- 3 years ago
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covelogibbs
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simplecj
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covelogibbs:
Hell ya!!! Such an amazing plant, it should be a crime NOT to be using it!
- 3 years ago
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simplecj
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justright
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covelogibbs:
Yeah grow a bunch of ruderalis (non-THC hemp) and seed everything in the US. Then we'll have plastic and no stoners to buy the soda and junk food.
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justright
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MkUltra
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This is all well off compared to our seemingly endless addiction to everlasting bottles, but how renewable is paper?? I believe bamboo would be a better overall choice for green-containers. it not only seems more sturdy, it also grows back in 1/10 the time of a tree.
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MkUltra
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covelogibbs
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MkUltra:
Paper should be completely renewable, only we've decided to make it out of trees (renewable, but not annually, like hemp and other better fibers). Breaking down the trees into usable fiber for paper is a chemical intensive process due to all the lignan that holds the wood together, where as hemp is much easier to break down and produces a far superior fiber.
- 3 years ago
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covelogibbs
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futurehempfarmer
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This sounds good until you think about the trees, deforestization is a huge problem. This idea flies with me if they use Hemp Paper or at least recycled.
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futurehempfarmer
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loleg
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Very cool idea about paper bottles! RESPECT!
- 3 years ago
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loleg
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justright
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Very cool design, but the writer hit the problem on the head with the populations need to "clutch a bottle of water like a baby with a pacifier all day long". Go buy a water filter people.
- 3 years ago
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justright
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asherp
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justright:
Phht! As if!
Tap water in the USA is some of the best drinking water in the world. You shouldn't need to filter it unless you have something dumb, like lead pipes.
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asherp
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covelogibbs
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justright:
Are you saying you like drinking all that chlorine? I wouldn't even recommend showering in unfiltered tap water, let alone drinking it!
Your house would have to be pretty old to have lead solder in its pipes, but if you're on "city" water, you definitely have chlorine. A whole house filter will take care of the chlorine in the tub and at the tap for drinking, and isn't very expensive. Your family's health is worth it.
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covelogibbs
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justright
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justright:
We do have higher quality than many places in the world, and I'm thankful for that. That said when I drink water I want just water not chemicals and solvents. The dry cleaners in my area dumped their solvents in ditches (50 years ago), and its now in the aquifers. Add that to the fact that Bush is lowering water quality standards , and yes I'll use a water filter and stainless steel bottle.
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justright
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Hyphy_D
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I remember some years back when they said dont use paper bags at stores and use plastic bags so we wont cut down all those trees and now look what happened now we should only use paper bags WTF.
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Hyphy_D
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hallcrash2000
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This is not a new Idea, they have been making these for for about 15 years. They are called Molded Pulp Containers, thay are used for disposable urine containers in hospitals. The bottles are biodegradable. The problem with using theas for drinking water is the off flavor that the pulp will provide. Europe still uses glass for beverages like soda and water. Glass is 100% recyclable, and a renewable resource. Glass dose not add any flavor and is reusable. You can buy water in class contraries in the United States as well. just pop them in the recycle bin.
- 3 years ago
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hallcrash2000
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hallcrash2000:
Plastic Bottles arerecyclable...I believe the idea behind the paper "bottles" is they wouldn't have to be recycled but would degrade in a "regula" dump (or the side of the road)a hell of alot faster....why not just stay with plastic if youre saying use glass because you can recycle it?
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deltabeta251
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covelogibbs
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hallcrash2000:
Not all plastic will get recycled and how much more can our little planet handle?
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covelogibbs
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covelogibbs
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hallcrash2000:
When will enough be enough?
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covelogibbs
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hallcrash2000
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hallcrash2000:
plastic bottles are a petroleum product, non renewable, and contain a poison called BPA (BISPHENOL-A). Though plastics are available that are made from Corn and Hemp. they are expensive and not widely available, glass is in use today and cheap.
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hallcrash2000
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Shway
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hallcrash2000:
During my short stay in Germany the vending machines at the school spit out plastic bottles but right next to or near the vending machines were other machines, roughly the same size, that you could stick your bottle into to be recycled and it gave you 20 (euro) cents in return. I think it's a great way to encourage recycling of bottles, plastic or glass!
- 3 years ago
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Shway
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alicynx
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The plastic bottles we use as a family are all recycled, and most are reused several times before making it into the recycle bin. I'd like to see what the reusability of these bottles are before I go gung-ho in them, but overall it looks like a great idea.
- 3 years ago
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alicynx
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covelogibbs
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alicynx:
I don't think you're supposed to reuse those plastic bottles, as they leach if they're used more than one. Although, maybe that's just industry crap to keep us buying more plastic bottles!?
- 3 years ago
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covelogibbs
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CalgarC
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great idea :D
- 3 years ago
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CalgarC
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RudyRudell
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is it recycled paper?
- 3 years ago
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RudyRudell
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HolyCity2012
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RudyRudell:
what do you think?
- 3 years ago
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HolyCity2012
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lookatmypix
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It could save so much pollution
- 3 years ago
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lookatmypix
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islek
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I hate plastic bottles. Putting liquids in less plastic and into more renewable products like paper sounds like a great idea... except to the plastic water bottle companies.
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islek
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islek:
The best way of dealing with this is to get the bottle manufactureers to buy into this and use their expertise to make, market and distribute these.
Come on you pesky damn plasic bottle producers.....
- 3 years ago
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treedude
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partyrager
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What a great idea, I saw these at the co-op but they were used for laundry detergent.
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partyrager
