Tap water is making a comeback

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

That's kind of an interesting issue really, the environmental cost of not recycling vs. the costs related to recycling, maybe more so because you are in Hawaii. Do they ship the crap to the mainland to be recycled or do you have that kind of manufacturing and recycling there. (I apologize for my dumbness on this point.)

I know of one in Oahu (up the hill from my house, actually) and a new on one the Big Island, but unfortunately I don't know too much about them, so I'm just as clueless!

I also forgot to add that a lot of elementary schools have recycling drives where people can take in their recyclables to the schools and the kids get to keep the money. Ideally I'd like to get my money back, but sometimes it's just easier to help the kids and the environment at the same time!

[Munchkin03]

I guess for some of us, tap water never really went out of style.

Growing up where I did, where the water supply was fluoridated, it was cool to drink tap water. Now, I only drink bottled water out of convenience, like if I'm traveling, or I'm headed to the gym. I have a Brita pitcher at home, so that helps.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by OTW

I know of one in Oahu (up the hill from my house, actually) and a new on one the Big Island, but unfortunately I don't know too much about them, so I'm just as clueless!

I also forgot to add that a lot of elementary schools have recycling drives where people can take in their recyclables to the schools and the kids get to keep the money. Ideally I'd like to get my money back, but sometimes it's just easier to help the kids and the environment at the same time!

If you have the ability to actually recycle out there back to the product stage then it totally makes sense no matter who is getting the money, but at the point you're shipping the recyclables to California on a diesel engine ship, maybe it really makes more sense to make a new reef of recycled Fiji bottles and Spam cans, JK.

[Kevlar281]

I’ve always been a tap water person. I recently gave up drinking cokes and its summer time in Houston so my tap water intake has gone way up.

I know that fuel crisis has hit everyone. Some harder then others but I think a positive to come out of it is that people have re-evaluated their consumer disposable product lifestyle.