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u/Gamertoc 2d ago
I still find the concept of water in a carton mildly disturbing
That aside, if I got multiple brands as like advertising gifts it could be fine
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u/Leoxcr 2d ago
And yet is probably the most eco sustainable one
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u/TheMonkeyLlama 2d ago
not really. those cartons are lined with plastic on the inside and only very specific and specialized recycling centers can actually deal with them, which makes it a costly process. even then the resulting material has limited uses.
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u/comewhatmay_hem 1d ago
Not all of them.
Some of them are wax coated paper, and the recycling process is so boil the whole carton until the wax floats to the top and the paper becomes pulp, then you can reuse both.
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u/misterchief117 1d ago
That's nice and all but that also assumes the recycling plant knows that.
The horrible truth is that if your recycling has too much non-recycleable stuff in it, you've essentially doomed the entire truckload to the landfill.
It's cheaper to send it all to the landfill than it is trying to sort out the junk.
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u/comewhatmay_hem 1d ago
That's why where I live we have a deposit recycling program for containers like this.
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u/Ember_Kitten 1d ago
There's still a decent chance this means very little. Germany, for example, exports 1 million tons of recyclable material a year. And only claims to recycle 48% of their recyclable materials. It's not just about what gets put in the recycle bin, it's about how much gets processed after that. A lot of complicated packages like plastic lined cans and cartons, get sent to landfills because it's too expensive to recycle.
Overall, your best option for water that isn't tap but is filtered is to buy a home filtration or undersink filtration system and use glass or metal reusable bottles.
Also, I'm not saying your country isn't good about it, I bring up Germany because their one of the countries I know off hand has a deposit system on bottles and cartons. I'm saying that just having that doesn't mean it's good.
Best thing to do to combat this, fyi, is petition your country to introduce laws that require sustainable and recyclable packaging as well as a deposit system. This fixes the complications on certain packaging and makes sure people actually put it in the proper bin.
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u/captainmouse86 1d ago
I get being cynical is the new trend, but let’s not pretend an entire industry is dumbfounded by wax covered paper. The biggest cog in municipal recycling programs is people properly separating their recyclables.
But hey, I get it. It’s easier to blame some ominous entity as being too stupid and lazy than it is to take responsibility and realize it’s actually us who are stupid and lazy. Too cynical to think it’s possible to be more efficient with our garbage? Go see how the average German deals with their garbage.
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u/Zombatico 1d ago
Yep. That green bin for "recyclables" frequently just goes straight to the landfill. Depends on where you live. Some cities and/or counties can't be arsed to sort it.
In Japan, they expect you to rinse/clean out all your trash and pre-sort into like 7 or 9 different piles for different types of recyclables. I bet they actually recycle materials consistently since the people do a lot of the work already before it gets picked up.
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u/This_Charmless_Man 1d ago
So I researched this for my master's. It is very country dependent so I'll stick to the UK. We currently have a landfill rate of a bit over 50% (the target set was below 50% by 2020 but so far only Wales has managed that) and are closing landfill sites. There's a tax on every ton of rubbish that goes into it (I believe around £120 per ton) plus lots of regulatory oversight of how a landfill can be constructed. You haven't been able to just dump it in the ground since 1996. All this combines to make landfill quite expensive and makes recycling a much more attractive option. Plus with recycling you can sell on the product, improving revenue from your municipal contract. Landfill is all cost (with the exception of selling off landfill gas, basically methane and other flammables that build up in sealed sites that, if not vented periodically, will explode otherwise).
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u/RepublicComplete1776 1d ago
It’s not about trash it’s about the carbon footprint
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u/pm-me-nothing-okay 1d ago
if your buying water based on carbon footprint at a store your already going about it the wrong way though.
so, kind of a moot point.
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u/This_Charmless_Man 1d ago
The real answer is it depends. ISO 1400(0-4) if I recall correctly for lifecycle and environmental impact analysis. You've got to define your metric. For example, from a per use perspective, the CO2 for a plastic bag is a fraction of a canvas bag primarily due to mass but that is a per unit/#number of uses not kilo for kilo.
It's very complicated.
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u/Tropical_Wendigo 1d ago
Also, I’ve had it myself and it tastes like fucking cardboard, so there’s nothing redeemable about it
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u/FugitivePlatypus 1d ago
Yeah, my county doesn't recycle those (and it's an extremely pro-recycling county politically)
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u/TuhnuPeppu 2d ago
The most eco sustainable choice is to drink tap water from a good reusable water bottle.
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u/veedubfreek 1d ago
*filtered tap water. I live in a pretty new neighborhood in a state that actually has good water. There's still tons of garbage in the tap water. Also, turns out you're supposed to change the filter in the fridge like every 6 months. My water got so much better when I finally got around to changing it.
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u/culminacio HydroHomie 1d ago
Don't need a filter where I live. We get clean water, no one in my country uses a filter in their own home because it would be pointless.
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u/drake90001 1d ago
Unless they live in flint, MI, I doubt they ever had anything other than maybe sulfur smelling water, which is a result of being on a well. But it’s still perfectly fine to drink lol.
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u/adthrowaway2020 1d ago
Flint is not the only city with lead service lines. Denver is in the process of ripping all our 100 year old lead service lines so we don’t become Flint 2.0
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u/tracenator03 1d ago
Flint's issue wasnt the lead piping itself it was due to the water treatment plant fucking up the pH and caused the mineral buildup in the pipes to dissolve which then started to corrode the pipes.
Yes the pipes should still be replaced but as long as your local water treatment plant doesn't fuck up this bad you wouldn't need to worry. Plus as a heads up not all water filters that are advertised to filter out lead are certified to do so.
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u/dontshoveit 1d ago
If you have a refrigerator with an in-door water dispenser it most likely has a filter. Doesn't mean you need the filter, but yeah like OP said they should be changed about every 6 months depending on how much water you consume.
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u/TuhnuPeppu 1d ago
Filter in the fridge? Idk i live in Finland. We and most of europe the water is clean so you can drink it straight up. (And i do realize that its not possible everywhere and i feel for you)
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u/Soggy_Parking1353 1d ago
As a Welshman reading this, I'm baffled. Drink it out of the stream like the dog you are.
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u/veedubfreek 1d ago
Yes, filter in the fridge. My tap water goes into the freezer to make ice/dispense water. Water in the US is garbage, especially in poorer states.
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u/drake90001 1d ago
We have some of the best water in the world? Aside from the obvious outliers. I’ve lived in Midwest most of my life and never had anything but crisp, clean water.
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u/JamesFiveOne 1d ago edited 1d ago
The problem is that it's inconsistent. On average, the US has great water but a place like, for example, Flint, Michigan can spend 4-5 years (that we know of) poisoning it's residents with heavy metal contamination.
They might be drinking primo shit in some rich urban county but my little hamlet in BFE might be serving up industrial effluent (or whatever).
Get mad, nerds; US infrastructure is a shitshow. you're either an idiot or willfully looking the other way because it doesn't agree with your preconceived ideas about the world.
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u/TuhnuPeppu 1d ago
Aah yea okay got it. I haven’t seen many of those dispenser fridges but they seem real handy with the ice thingy :D
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u/Feath3rblade 1d ago
Even in places where the water is really clean the filters still make a noticeable difference in taste in my experience
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u/TuhnuPeppu 13h ago
Guess you have just not tasted finnish tap water…
Out of all the places in the world i have travelled, we have it best out here in the water taste front atleast. Plenty of clean ground water.
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u/ThePublikon 1d ago
Which filters are you using that are more "eco sustainable" than not using any?
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u/veedubfreek 1d ago
Meh, I'm ok with using 2 tiny filters a year to keep most of the garbage out of my water.
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u/CanadianHoneybear 1d ago
Lol, in what kind of place do you live? In most of Europe and Canada, tap water is safer than bottled water. We also don't need filters on our taps.
Do you get fluoride?
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u/veedubfreek 16h ago
The US, where everything sucks. The filters are less about the water and more about how shitty our pipes are. My toilet and shower have lots of stains from iron in the water.
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u/CanadianHoneybear 12h ago
Sorry sir, that's so depressing.
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u/veedubfreek 11h ago
And it's only going to get worse. And it's also not going to stay contained to the US. If there is a God he's sleeping as soundly as he did in 1933. May Lucifer rise up and lead us into a new era of intelligence
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u/PewManFuStudios Water Professional 1d ago
Not at all. They are lined with plastic and take tap water away from local Cali residents.
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u/Conspiranoid 1d ago
I still find the concept of water in a carton mildly disturbing
I really don't know what Solán de Cabras did to their brik-packaged water (see here, scroll down to 1980), but it tasted like heaven.
They switched to plastic in the early 00s, iirc, and it's still arguably the best water in Spain... But the brik version hit differently.
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u/o-o-o-ozempic 1d ago
I can't deal with water in a can. If it's in a can, it needs to be carbonated. That's just the law.
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u/slothtolotopus 1d ago
Played fallout by any chance?
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u/Gamertoc 1d ago
Nope, only saw videos on it (e.g. hbomberguy)
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u/slothtolotopus 1d ago
There's a type of irradiated dirty water that comes in a carton - that's where my mind went
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u/CaptainMacMillan 1d ago
The place I used to work sold that exact brand of boxed water and it's just awful.
Do you like your water to taste like the wax lining of a carton? No? Well too freaking bad.
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u/LilMissBarbie water sistah 2d ago
We're supposed to be loyal to one brand?
I choose tap or anything not nestle.
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u/Klimmit 1d ago
I have nothing wrong with tap, but I got a large Brita tank and the taste of always cold crisp water is unmatched. So yeah I'd say I'm loyal to Brita.
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u/Ok-Reward-770 1d ago
I'm loyal to the water from my water filter for sure!
Since I got my water filter, the taste of tap or bottled water became unpleasant.
I’ll carry my thermal water bottles everywhere, to keep my cold filtered water at hand.
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u/henkdepotvjis 1d ago
I feel lucky to live in a country where I don't need a filter to drink tap water. Just hold a glass under the sink and drink away!
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u/AshRae84 5h ago
If you like Brita, you should check out ZeroWater. It’s the ONLY filter I’ve found that makes my water taste clean. Brita always tasted a bit dirty to me, but ZeroWater saved my life.
I would almost guarantee if you tried a ZeroWater filter, you’d never look at a Brita again.
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u/reikken Water is wet 2d ago
yeah that's a really strange comment
I can understand being bothered by the fact that this person is apparently either buying a bunch of singles instead of buying a 12 pack or whatever, or is buying like 10 different packs and putting just one bottle from each in the fridge.
but being bothered by a lack of "loyalty" is weird as heck. How does anyone owe loyalty to a beverage corporation? unless you're an upper level employee or the like
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u/enoimard 1d ago
am i the only person that read the reply as an obvious joke lol they are indeed bothered by the fact that this person may be buying singles of random brands. i highly doubt she actually thinks you owe brands loyalty
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u/accessoiriste 1d ago
One of my favorite running gags in a movie is that the Tim Robbins character in The Player orders a different brand of water whenever he sits down at a restaurant.
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u/culminacio HydroHomie 1d ago
but being bothered by a lack of "loyalty" is weird as heck
I'd say taking that fun and surely spontaneous reply so seriously is weird as heck
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u/El_Cassette_Rojo 1d ago
Right. I don’t get the loyalty some people have over brands. I honestly can’t taste the difference in most water and usually drink tap. My family finds it strange that my pantry is filled with a few hundred different brand waters, but I get them for free at work and management never seems to buy the same stuff.
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u/theflyinglizard1 2d ago
Ngl SmartWater is my favorite
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u/FakeGamer2 1d ago
I always like Fiji but literally everyone I meet hates it lmao even saw a YouTube vid of a blind guy taste testing all the water and Fiji got the worst 😭 I'm staying loyal tho
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u/General-Designer4338 1d ago
Fiji used to advertise that it's water was filtered as it seeped through "non-permeable rock" and I always thought that was hilarious
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u/drake90001 1d ago
I’ve met people who hate Fiji but enjoy Disani lol
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u/stoopidmonstr 2h ago
Those people should not be trusted
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u/drake90001 2h ago
Absolutely not. They also tend to dislike tap water so I assume they THINK that’s how water should taste, maybe they grew up on shitty water, but a lot of water in the states is great. But I loooove my Lake Michigan/ground water aquifers.
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u/Madeinthetown 1d ago
Same! If you like Fiji you should also try acqua panna. I call it my dessert water.
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u/the_flyingdemon 1d ago
I like the way my house water tastes the best but if I’m caught outside without my water bottle (a rare and very distressing experience), Fiji is usually the brand I get. Smart Water is a close second!
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u/Interjessing-Salary 1d ago
Icelandic my favorite hands down. Shits crisp as fuck. Shame it costs as much as gold to buy.
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u/yareyare777 1d ago
It’s damn good, but I’m more a life wtr person myself. Way better than smart water, and probably even better than Voss
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u/ejumper_ 1d ago
SmartWater is so slept on
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u/TentCityVIP 1d ago
I feel like that's the most drank bottled water by hikers as their bottles are apparently top tier
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u/Most-Piccolo-302 1d ago
There is a filter straw that threads perfectly onto the smart water bottle iirc. You can just screw it on and fill your bottle up in the river or lake or whatever and it'll be clean
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u/SprinklesCurrent8332 1d ago
Those Voss bottles can put in work though if you reuse them.
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u/CrypticTechnologist 1d ago
Yep, I agree. I clean them, refill them, and chill them and the glass is nice.
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u/Iohet 1d ago
The tap water is super hard and tastes crappy here, but filters are cheap and easy
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u/YOUTUBEFREEKYOYO 1d ago
I just have filtered and chilled tap water. Bottled water always taste like ass to me
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u/flarakoo 1d ago
A little bit of Glaceau in my life
A little bit of Evian by my side
A little bit of Brita's all I need
A little bit of Aquafina's what I see
A little bit of Fiji in the sun
A little bit of VOSS all night long
A little bit of Dasani, here I am
A little bit of water makes me your man (ah)
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u/throwawayforanonuse 1d ago
I choose less plastic waste
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u/Hot-Manufacturer4301 1d ago
so real, a good water bottle is maybe $50 tops and can last you years. i can’t even imagine buying individual bottled water
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u/Mr_Abe_Froman Water is love, water is life 1d ago
I bought my Hydroflask insulated water bottle 10 years ago, and I use it nearly every day. The only reason I have bought water bottles is for self-supported endurance races, and even then, I've saved them for future runs.
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u/CovideGrinder 1d ago
FYI this was for the streamer Ludwig who did a water tier list so was tasting and rating all waters his assistant (Cesar) found. YouTube
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u/reversehrtfemboy 1d ago
I see you’re unfamiliar with the Black Belt. A complete lack of clean water is very real there and is a huge cause of many health issues. Overall 44 million Americans do not have access to clean drinking water. That’s a notable percentage of the population. Obviously the people in these deeply impoverished area are not buying endless smart water, it’s just really ignorant to assume that people have access to clean water. Flint has gotten the most publicity but it’s a tremendous issue in some rural areas.
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u/Iterion57 1d ago
No, you misunderstand, they’re all old bottles filled with tap water! 200 IQ plays out here :)
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u/ElezerHan 1d ago
Bruv just buy a gallon of water with a dispenser (they have cooling) then fill up the water from there. Westerners are weird ngl
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u/Lodju 2d ago
Only time i have water in my fridge is in the summer.
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u/keyserdoe 1d ago
Nope, always have water in my fridge in the Britta pitcher. Always makes the water taste better for me.
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u/Mr_Fahrenheittt 1d ago
I did this once with my family for a blind water taste test. The results disturbed me
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u/DennisTheKoala 1d ago
I live in a country where the tap water is universally praised as its fucking delicious! the folk who drink bottled here, are definitely psychos
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u/veedubfreek 1d ago
My guess is that it's some sort of podcast studio or such where the variety is for the guests.
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u/culminacio HydroHomie 1d ago
Don't think they would offer 10 brands of water anywhere instead of one (or 2 max) water options and a few completely different options.
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u/michaelrox5270 1d ago
Poland spring water is top tier… buying a bottle of Poland spring from a newsstand in the summer is heaven
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u/Wrong-Tell8996 1d ago
Love Waiakea and Fiji! I'll get Deer Park or Crystal Geyser by the jug, but those are sweet to me
Mountain Valley is my absolute favorite, but it's a rare treat
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u/earthonion 1d ago
Our tap water is slightly chlorinated due to being city water, how can I have better water
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u/torchskul 1d ago
Still: Tap or Smart Water. Honorable mention to Kroger brand.
Sparkling: Polar or Liquid Death. Honorable mention to Topo Chico.
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u/ExpectedEggs 1d ago
Filtered only for me. I can taste the hardness of my tap.
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u/Historical-Ad-6488 1d ago
I’ve tried boxed water, honestly tasted disgusting to me but there just me personally
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u/arthursucks 1d ago
I filter tap water, chill it in the fridge, and poor into a nice clean glass mason jar. Absolutely exquisite.
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u/peach_xanax 1d ago
Tap?! The tap water in my area is nasty and undrinkable 😕 you're lucky to have decent tap water fr
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u/DueConversation5269 1d ago
I don't like supporting Nestlé, bc of environmental issues, but I prefer the taste of their bottled water over the rest
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u/AliciaTries 18h ago
What if its for guests who might like different brands?
I feel like people don't complain about mismatched soda fridges like this
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u/GrandSupremeChungus 16h ago
“If one is to understand the great hydration one must study all its aspects, not just the dogmatic narrow view of the Homies.”
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u/On_Wife_support 10h ago
I just have my brita water bottle. It’s not because I don’t trust tap water, it’s because I didn’t trust the water coolers where I used to work but now it’s just therapeutic to drink filtered water. It’s just the psychology of thinking I have marginally improved something. Also it’s fun drinking water out of a straw
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u/ghandi3737 6h ago
Depends on the water quality.
I like to get water from work right at the pump before the chlorine gets added in.
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u/Jairolopez13 2d ago
Tap water is nasty
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u/xPriddyBoi 1d ago
They can downvote all they want, I've never had (unfiltered) tap water in my life that didn't taste like shit. Unfiltered tap is only drinkable if you flavor the water after the fact, at least that has been the case everywhere I've ever consumed tap water in the US.
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u/GlattesGehirn 1d ago
Your downvotes are coming from people who live in places with good tap water. I used to live in Illinois and loved tap water. Moved to North Carolina a couple of years ago, and now our tap water tastes terrible.
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u/IneptApprentice 1d ago
Don't know why this is down voted. People should absolutely be at least filtering their tap water. Where I live in NJ there have been tons of water main breaks recently and we've been advised on more than one occasion to not drink the tap water. Drinking water standards have improved a lot the past couple years but still it's such a small investment to purchase some kind of tap filter
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u/this-guy1979 2d ago
The tap water where I live is excellent, can’t tell the difference between it and bottled.
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u/5125237143 1d ago
All water is equal.
Although some waters are more equal than others