Water Bottles

Water Bottles

Kind of a random topic, but important.

My question is - why use reusable plastic water bottles?

It seems fairly obvious that we, as consumers, should be concerned with our waste. In this case, after buying an Ice Mountain bottle of water, we throw away the empty bottle. These bottles are not manufactured to be reused, so companies advocate for the use of a reusable water bottle. What I can't help but think about is the manufacturing of a reusable plastic water bottle. In addition, after they break, they get thrown away, just like your empty Ice Mountain water bottle did. Plus, reusable plastic water bottles can contain chemicals that could leach into the water you're drinking (A.K.A. BPA, but this is being fixed currently). To me, it seems like it's a smarter choice to buy a metal water bottle.

I guess I'm just a little curious about waste associated with reusable plastic water bottles. After all, they are still made of plastic. Also, the plastic that they are usually made of is worse for the environment when manufactured and when left in a landfill.

Also, glass water bottles are being manufactured. It doesn't have a lot of relevance, but I wonder why. They must be extremely delicate, but I think they would be stylish.

Anyways, comments?