It makes sense if you're traveling abroad to a place where the tap water isn't safe to drink, and no sense in literally every other conceivable situation
Are boxes really much better than plastic? It's probably a bit easier to recycle, but paper products still have a bunch of issues in this regard. As for aluminum, my impression has always been that it's far easier to recycle than either paper or plastic and you can generally recover the majority of the materialIs aluminum cheaper than boxes? I've seen Boxed Water quite a bit and figured it was pretty environmentally friendly.
Not every sink is the right design for a filter attachment. Mine sure as hell isn't. And if bottles with the built in filters were more pocketable (IE, roughly the size of the above aluminum bottle) I'd be all over them.
Is aluminum cheaper than boxes? I've seen Boxed Water quite a bit and figured it was pretty environmentally friendly.
Disposable bottles? If you're using plastic water bottles meant to be used more than one time, you're fine.
Single use plastic bottles in less than ideal condition may possibly leach contaminants into the content fluids. The biggest thing is if it's been exposed to heat though. It's probably not a major concern either way to be honest, but it's also probably not worth making a significant habit of when reusable bottles already exist for the express purpose of, you know, being reusable.
No, I know it's easier and better to recycle aluminium. What I asked if it's easier to recycle CANS that have that plastic layer.
It's still probably way better because it's not too difficult to separate the plastic layer from the metal to my understanding
Which only solves half the problem and is unnecessary for people in areas where the water tastes good. So you still have the issue of people buying bottled water.
Which leads to a very large number of European cities that say their water isn't safe to drink when it actually is.
Paper biodegrades though, people get too hung up on recycling where wood products are concerned. Cardboard in your trash will not doom the earth.
It's also good to have on hand for disaster prep (hurricane, earthquake, etc. prone areas) and some other shit, like, idk, airplane beverages and I'm not gonna complain if someone on a road trip buys a bottled water instead of a big gulp at 7-11, but yeah. My folks drink 100% 24oz bottled water at home despite having a reverse osmosis filtration system installed under the kitchen sink (which, afaict, is just used for the coffee maker) and I just can't with the amount of unnecessary plastic waste.
