this post was submitted on 12 Jan 2024
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They don't actually produce the bottles. They buy them from another manufacturer and just fill them with water.
You're mostly paying for the cost of the bottle plus artificial markups for your water. A Brita filter for tap water is much more cost effective for the consumer assuming their tap water is safe.
Here (the Netherlands) tap water is much, much cleaner than bottled water. It’s subject to much stricter regulations than bottled water. If the stuff in bottled water would come out of your tap then the water company would be in big trouble.
Water landlords smh. Or maybe waterlords?
Waterlords sounds too cool of a title, I think water suckers is better.
The two major companies blue triton and niagra do have their bottles made in house. They use plastic resin in a preform machine that then goes to a blowmolding machine to form the bottles then its filled right after. Blue triton is the investment group that bought out nestle waters north America back in 2021
Is more the distribution costs.
And honestly any plastic bottled drink is just as bad. They just add some sugar and flavouring so it's even worse for you.