This exactly. Unless you’re willing to drink from a communal jug that you can’t guarantee no one has opened or spiked it with anything. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t buy Liquid Death either. I just drink water before entering the venue. Also, this applies to smaller venues that only have a bar, not arenas that sell bottled water.
In some smaller bars, they use large coleman type jugs with taps and a stack of paper cups. If you ask for water at the bar, they will point you to the jug.
In some smaller bars, they use large coleman type jugs with taps and a stack of paper cups. If you ask for water at the bar, they will point you to the jug.
Not sure if the concern was based on recyclability or consumption of microplastics. If the concern is about waste, then they should be using a reusable container instead.
Yes and it’s still infinitely recyclable, unlike plastic bottles. 70% of all aluminum ever produced is still in circulation thanks to how efficient aluminum recycling is, including epoxy lined cans.
Does the liner contribute to microplastics in whatever is contained? Genuine question, that’d be a point against the epoxy liner. Of course any solution would have to include an effective replacement, so 🤷 Wax, maybe?
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It’s embarrassing how stupid you have to be to pay this for some water. Sure if you’re in a pinch and there’s no other option. But regularly? Turnip brains
Sorry clarification, I can’t being my metal water bottle in.
I don’t think I’ve ever been stopped trying to bring in a plastic bottle, but that needs to be empty so technically not allowed to bring in water. My main point was just that they sell it where there is a captured market.
One concert I went to that didn’t let you bring water in ended up getting shut down because the only water available was bathroom sink water or tap water in a plastic cup for $8. And they didn’t let you bring your plastic cups into the bathroom to refill them.
Probably about a third of the people there had to leave from passing out/dehydration and a bunch left in ambulances. And this was a concert where probably 90% of the people there were on drugs, which in my eyes makes the whole water situation even more irresponsible.
So legal, yeah probably, but also entirely fucked.
I feel for people putting on events like this. Ticket sales used to get you halfway to covering costs, but that’s ok, you’ve got bar sales to make up the shortfall.
If everyone is taking drugs though, you either double the ticket price, charge for water, or not put on the gig.
I like the idea of water in cans, this rivals one of own business ventures from a few years ago.
The issue I have with this is that this is clearly a profit based initiative, and I do not believe environmental benefits are really considered unless it adds to the profit.
Why do they not sell the cans at a reasonable price? Because it won’t make them a billion dollars if they did this.
I just have my doubts that this has anything to do with doing any good for the planet, it’s just expensive water that exists to fill pockets with money. Any benefit seems like a side effect.
Oh I agree. I think getting people into using reusable bottles it would be better, however cities need to adapt to this approach for it to work. My local city centres all have standing cylinders, with a space for a water bottle, that dispense filtered water for free. They’re set up all along busy shopping areas, and as long as they’re maintained they can be very good at reducing the frequency of even needing to recycle a product. Recycling is fantastic for reusing materials and thus cutting down on destruction for resources etc., however the elephant in the room needs to be addressed: recycling plants, in order for the machines to process materials in such ways, inevitably creates some considerable pollutants in the air.
Just my opinion that recycling, as essential as it is in many ways, should not be used as a fallback for climate change; it makes more sense to me to systematically push reusable containers and make this the norm, of materials that can be easily recycled in the event that they break.
This is the baffling part. I live in a country that periodically grades the taste of regional water supplies, in addition to testing for solids and the usual. And I live in a part of that country consistently known for really great-tasting tap water.
It’s baffling that they’d sell water in a can. Please don’t tell me it’s bottled in Atlanta, where they bottle the worst-tasting coca-cola in the world, or it’ll be extra-baffling.
Maybe the appeal is the “cool factor”. Here’s 2 examples I could think of. At work, you want to stand out from the “water bottle” people. At parties/bars maybe you don’t want to drink alcohol, but still want something in your hand while you’re mingling.
Insulation and conduction are opposites. Vacuum (empty space) and stagnant air are great insulators, that’s how double walled bottles insulate.
Aluminum conducts heat quickly for the same reason it conducts electricity well. It has a relatively low heat capacity too so it doesn’t take much energy to heat or cool it so it will more quickly heat or cool its contents.
Toss that alu can in the freezer to cool it quickly, then put it in an insulated colster to keep it cold.
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