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Water bottles…what’s the deal with water bottles? I happen to notice the other day that I was throwing away a lot of water bottles. So I thought to myself why are these bottles not recycled especially since the explosive growth of bottled water over the last 10 years or so.

Now first off I live in Michigan where we have a ten cent refund on carbonated soda, beer, and I know some energy drinks. So my question is why is it that water bottles get no love? The plastic is the same as the plastic in a soda bottle. The processing of them shouldn’t be any different. In fact the only difference would be that the automatic bottle return machines would have to have the software updated to handle the new UPC codes for the bar code scanners.

I just don’t seem to understand the logic in having soda bottles refundable and not water bottles. Now I’m sure in 1978 when the law was enacted that the bottled water industry was not as prevalent as it is today. As a kid growing up in the 1980’s the only bottled water I can remember was Perrier®.  

Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not some tree-hugging liberal who cries myself to sleep every night over the destruction of Mother Earth. But this does just seem to me to be good common sense to me. Plus think of the oil that would be saved to produce new ones. I’m sure we’ll feel some of that savings at the pump.

Tell me what you think about this issue and whether you think my logic is fuzzy or not. If you stand with me then please make a donation (in the form of bottle deposit refund slips) to support me in this fight to reduce needless waste.

Thank you,

Bryan Danielson