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Daddy_Parietal t1_ivv1zp4 wrote

Reply to comment by xylopyrography in [OC] World's Largest Plastic Polluter Now 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference Sponsor by haboo213

>decisions

Attempted solutions*

Bottled water was a solution to the failure of government to provide clean drinking water that was appetizing to their own citizens.

As long as this dumb solution works, no government official is gonna even attempt to look at the problem.

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RevengencerAlf t1_ivvohod wrote

Except most developed nations have perfectly adequate and usually quote good tasting water and have been for as long as single use bottled water has been a thing. This includes the overwhelming majority of the US.

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superbv1llain t1_ivy9h7s wrote

Maybe it started that way, but they definitely started marketing it as a luxury lifestyle choice, and then a necessity. If it was just a solution, it would still be sold primarily in gallon or bigger amounts.

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