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Rather well put, as ever.

I wondered if you'd mention this and give the sponsors the publicity or not - this was a good way of doing it.

jm | 26.04.15 - 4:35 a.m. | #

That said, I do sometimes buy bottled water when caught thirsty out-and-about. I usually go for flavoured things so I feel like I'm getting 'something' for my money.

dg writes: According to britishbottledwater.org, "as soon as you add minerals, carbohydrate, vitamins, flavourings or sweeteners to water, it becomes a soft drink. These drinks may be higher in calories than their appearance suggests and should not be confused with water."

jm | 26.04.15 - 4:36 a.m. | #

I'd drink Canada Dry instead.

Gordon | 26.04.15 - 6:30 a.m. | #

Time for a hefty tax on plastic.

JonF | 26.04.15 - 6:39 a.m. | #

Tap water, don't you mean Dasani?

Waterhouse | 26.04.15 - 7:50 a.m. | #

The only defensible reason I can think of to buy bottled water is on an airplane. Even when you're out it isn't difficult to fill up your own bottle at home...

I wonder how much water will be wasted today, given that the runners only take one swag and then chuck the bottle onto the road

JQ | 26.04.15 - 8:12 a.m. | #

Actually the other time I've bought bottled water is when I was driving across the Australian desert (Adelaide to Perth).

JQ | 26.04.15 - 8:14 a.m. | #

Filling a container with tap water and chilling it in the fridge seems to take away any additive tastes. There are parts of this country though where the tap water isn't as nice as London's supply. Relatives in Sussex use filters because it can affect the taste of tea and nobody wants that! Btw we always ask for tap water when in a restaurant or bar (water for the thirst,alcohol to drink!) 😉

Jo W | 26.04.15 - 8:44 a.m. | #

When flying, we take an empty water bottle through security and fill up at water fountain in the departure lounge. All the London terminals have them, although they're not always easy to find!

DavidL | 26.04.15 - 9:44 a.m. | #

I normally buy bottled water purely for the bottle and then I refill it with tap water for 2-3 months. Then once the bottle has suffered enough I recycle it and buy a new one.

Adrian | 26.04.15 - 11:20 a.m. | #

HMRC charges VAT on bottled water but not on milk or milk drinks so Nestlé is not the only 'winner' in this folly.

Helen D Vecht | 26.04.15 - 12:15 p.m. | #

Yes, so do we. Except that the bottles have a strange habit of disappearing before they wear out.

Officially you are not supposed to refill bottles which were bought with water in, forgotten exactly why. But of course many people do, and it helps to save the planet.

By the way, it is actually a very pleasant town in Derbyshire, well worth a visit.

Malcolm | 26.04.15 - 12:17 p.m. | #

@ Malcolm

"not supposed to refill bottles" two reasons that spring (no pun intended honest :) is that 1) "they" want you to buy more bottles?! 2) an this is likely to put one off buying in the first place and that is the that perhaps the "plastic" begins to "breakdown" after the bottle is opened?...thereby meaning you would be taking particles of plastic into your body? ...not sure bout this, but do recall reading something along those lines.

E | 26.04.15 - 4:44 p.m. | #

We could all just drink tap water... but do we really know how good that is? Yes it tested, but not at point of delivery i.e ones own tap? The water may well be exceeding standards when leaves the water company plant or even at some point inbetween but unless tested at your tap how do we know it as good as it should be?

Working Class Hero | 26.04.15 - 4:50 p.m. | #

I have had the same (originally from Safeways so a valuable antique) plastic water bottle in my fridge door for over twenty years.

I fill it from a filter though I don't replace the cartridge very often.

Mike D | 26.04.15 - 5:00 p.m. | #

@working class hero

We do not know if water is pure at our tap. Samples are tested, of course, but not at every tap.

We also do not know if water is pure from a bottle. Samples are tested, of course, but not from every bottle.

Life involves risks. But in Britain, the risks from any kind of water are very low.

Malcolm | 26.04.15 - 10:36 p.m. | #

The reason for not refilling plastic water bottles (or any soft drink bottles) is that you can't sterilise them so germs and bacteria develop. If you're using a bottle long term, probably best to buy a dedicated water bottle which can be cleaned. Although if you're like me, you'll probably forget to do so ;) I only ever buy bottled water when I've run out or I can't get a source of tap (say when on holiday.)

I've seen people in the supermarket with trolleys full of Sainsburys Basics table water. And I can never understand why. Where do they think that water's come from? Probably a tap somewhere.

But for me the shining beacon of bottled water came in a hotel I was at for a wedding. Its bar had a "water menu". Some of them were going for thirty or forty quid.

I ordered a pint myself.

Andrew Bowden | Homepage | 27.04.15 - 9:20 a.m. | #

If you have a proper (non-processed) diet you will get all the water you need from the food you eat unless you are doing hard manual labour or something similar. Can't think why so many people want to constantly wash their insides out with bug infested bottled stuff. Water doesn't 'stick' inside you - it only comes out the other end....

B | 27.04.15 - 10:58 a.m. | #

I don't want to drink anything that comes from someone's outbox, TYVM.

Uncle Audrey | 27.04.15 - 11:07 a.m. | #

*Nutbox.

Uncle Audrey | 27.04.15 - 11:07 a.m. | #

There was a TV programme recently that showed that for post-sports activity 'rehydration' milk was best - better than water or those special 'rehydration' drinks they'll try to flog you.

Otherwise tap water is fine, in the UK at least.

Bronchitikat | Homepage | 27.04.15 - 11:58 a.m. | #

Tap water in, say, York is absolutely undrinkable.

Besides that, I'll buy and drink whatever I like. It's none of your effing business.

Simon | 27.04.15 - 1:21 p.m. | #

Simon - apart from being rude to our DG (which is bang out of order), it is all of our business if you are regularly buying unnecessary plastic which ends up in the sea or in landfill. We share this planet with other humans and animals.

Zoe | 27.04.15 - 9:12 p.m. | #











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