I Like Soup Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 From USA Today...the banning of bottled water and even some places are trynig to pass you can't bring a bottle of water in to state buildings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGrunt Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 The newest tactic is being debated here. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley has endorsed a proposal to add a 10-cent tax to each bottle, which would bring the city about $21 million a year. "It's not a tax on water, it's a tax on plastic," says Alderman George Cardenas, who introduced the measure to help offset revenue declines from the city water system, reduce litter and decrease the amount of oil used to produce and transport bottled water. This sounds like a state issue and not (yet) a federal issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Like Soup Posted October 19, 2007 Author Share Posted October 19, 2007 This sounds like a state issue and not (yet) a federal issue. Seems to me they should tax all plastic containered items then, not just water. While I realize bottled water is a redundant source for water since cities provide it, hell, soda is a replacement for water...that is why they package beer in cans... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 they don't sell it in europe either.... pretty soon we'll be catching up with them and stop using plastic bags because they take forever to discintegrate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Irish Doggy Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 This is so stupid. Implement a 10 cent deposit like Michigan if you're really interested in saving the environment. You'll have less trash along the roads, and people really recycle to get that dime. A ten cent tax wouldn't do a thing to discourage water bottle use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 The Gubment knows better than us. People are stupid and shouldn't be allowed to make their own decisions. Every Government agency is a model of efficiency. Seig Heil! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Beatings Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Taxing the things we don't like is always the right answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 I think that water should be sent this way as the drought is depleting the water supply here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miner Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 they don't sell it in europe either.... sure they do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Cornelius Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 More than 60 million plastic bottles end up in landfills and incinerators every day – a total of about 22 billion last year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_gop_liars Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 More than 60 million plastic bottles end up in landfills and incinerators every day – a total of about 22 billion last year This means nothing, because Mcboog told me humans can do know harm to the planet.............and cows fart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Like Soup Posted October 19, 2007 Author Share Posted October 19, 2007 they don't sell it in europe either.... pretty soon we'll be catching up with them and stop using plastic bags because they take forever to discintegrate... Your ignorance is showing here, much like the volcano thing. They have hugh bottles of water for sale in Europe. Hell, I bought one myself a couple of weeks ago while I was in Austria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Beatings Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Hell, I bought one myself a couple of weeks ago while I was in Austria. We're not talking about bottled water down under mate. We're talking about Europe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 This is so stupid. Implement a 10 cent deposit like Michigan if you're really interested in saving the environment. You'll have less trash along the roads, and people really recycle to get that dime. A ten cent tax wouldn't do a thing to discourage water bottle use. but it would pad the city coffers. which (shhh) is really the whole point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncosn05 Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS !!! the man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Your ignorance is showing here, much like the volcano thing. They have hugh bottles of water for sale in Europe. Hell, I bought one myself a couple of weeks ago while I was in Austria. they banned it already.... your childishness is showing here, much like the volcano thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 We're not talking about bottled water down under mate. We're talking about Europe! Is that you, ABWF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 We're not talking about bottled water down under mate. We're talking about Europe! EXACTLY.... wait....isn't that in New Jersey? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 also I can't find any articles on this....but I know that europe consumes way more bottled water than anyone else in the world...especially in western europe... this is why they already talked about banning it....we pretty much got the idea from them as they were the ones saying the plastic contaminates the water and leads to cancer etc. etc. but I find it odd that we would beat them to the punch at banning bottled water as it is more popular over there and they pretty much came up with the idea to begin with... who was it...the french?...I forget..... and the french coming up with this idea is only typical... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Like Soup Posted October 19, 2007 Author Share Posted October 19, 2007 they banned it already.... your childishness is showing here, much like the volcano thing... :stickingtongueout: EXACTLY.... wait....isn't that in New Jersey? Silly orangeman, Austria is near that river denial... So let me get this right...Europe banned bottled water but they still sell it? I guess I have trouble with a commercially available product is out on the free market and is getting banned because of its' packaging...even though other products have identical packaging? Make sense to me...:kookoo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 :stickingtongueout: Silly orangeman, Austria is near that river denial... So let me get this right...Europe banned bottled water but they still sell it? I guess I have trouble with a commercially available product is out on the free market and is getting banned because of its' packaging...even though other products have identical packaging? Make sense to me...:kookoo: nice.... I am saying that when sold...Europe sold the most bottled water... and it's spelled the Nile.. ya moran... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowboysDiehard Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Bottles of water are banned, but bottles of water with wires sticking out of them get through airport security about 75% of the time. Go figure /off to the hardware store to buy wires for my whiskey bottle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isleseeya Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 United states is largest producer of plastic in the world ..we lose that and we will be drinking water out of ctrs made out of lead produced in china Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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