ISU ActivUs attempt at banning water bottle sales

I prefer to buy a bottle of water after another bottle of water and another bottle of water....

.....sorry.... My choice.

A+B=K?

2+2=11,435?

Why don't they just start a campaign to get people to throw away their bottles?

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Originally Posted by Dino

I was actually just talking to my roommate the other day about how if they increased the can & bottle deposit to say 50 cents you'd probably never see anyone toss those cans and bottles outside anymore and if they did, they'd get quickly picked up.

The annoying part would be you'd almost have to take all your empties with you. If I took a 12 pack to a friends, I'd be out six bucks if I just left them there.

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Try convincing people to pay an extra 50 cents per bottle.

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Originally Posted by CycloneErik

Try convincing people to pay an extra 50 cents per bottle.

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Culver hung his governorship on getting it to 7 cents and failed....

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Originally Posted by CyBer

Agree, the water in Ames is delicious anyways.

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Yeah, if I remember correctly, it's won all sorts of awards for taste and quality.

I drink close to a gallon of water a day (just at work on campus). If I were to buy that in bottles, it would cost me like $8 or more per day.

Kinda crazy that people can't just buy re-usable bottles OR buy a soda or water and reuse that bottle.

But whatever; if they want to waste their money, that's fine with me, I guess.

I believe the ISU dining said they get lots of money off this and will raise costs on dining services. As a student I don't really want that. If I want to buy bottled water let me buy bottled water. Amazing how a group like this can get away with it. Tell someone your helping the environment and you can do pretty much anything.

If people are dumb enough to pay for water equivalent, or worse, to Ames tap...that is their loss.

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Originally Posted by CyBer

Agree, the water in Ames is delicious anyways.

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Seriously. I've lived all over the country and Ames has the best tasting tap water I've ever run into.

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Originally Posted by Judoka

Seriously. I've lived all over the country and Ames has the best tasting tap water I've ever run into.

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My parents get fresh spring water from the mountains. There is nothing better than that. I drink so much water when I am there it's ridiculous.

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Originally Posted by Hawkeye11en1

My parents get fresh spring water from the mountains. There is nothing better than that. I drink so much water when I am there it's ridiculous.

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Well, yeah, fresh spring water is going to win ou tevery time. I was referring to municipal tap water.

When I lived in LA, for example, the water was so bad that bottled water was a requirement. Even a Britta filter couldn't make it taste drinkable.

No way in hell this happens, but it should. People who buy bottled water regularly are just ignorant. First off, it's more expensive. If it's the taste you're worried about, buy any Brita water filter and fill up a reusable water bottle. It's not hard, and it's not wasteful.

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Originally Posted by WhatchaGonnaDo

No way in hell this happens, but it should. People who buy bottled water regularly are just ignorant. First off, it's more expensive. If it's the taste you're worried about, buy any Brita water filter and fill up a reusable water bottle. It's not hard, and it's not wasteful.

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bahahhahaha

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Originally Posted by Judoka

Well, yeah, fresh spring water is going to win ou tevery time. I was referring to municipal tap water.

When I lived in LA, for example, the water was so bad that bottled water was a requirement. Even a Britta filter couldn't make it taste drinkable.

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Oh, I wasn't arguing with you, I was just saying that you drink a lot more water when it's good.

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Originally Posted by CyBer

Agree, the water in Ames is delicious anyways.

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Ames water is great. Campus water, particularly the dorms, particularly Friley and Old RCA, is horrible. Unless that has changed in the decade since I attended ISU. Then again, I just had my own Brita water filter and it wasn't a problem. I prefer the taste of that to any of the major bottlers anyway.

About the only time I buy bottled water is for road trips (where we freeze at least half to keep the cooler cool) and work travel because I don't trust tap water of the places I travel to and it's inconvenient for me to bring my own filtration devices.

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Originally Posted by Hawkeye11en1

bahahhahaha

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Bottled water has its place such as when traveling. Regular, day-to-day though? There's no reason for it