If only there were pipes to peoples homes to provide them with safe water for bathing and drinking.
I drives me mad. We solved the problem over a century ago. The ancient Greeks and Romans even solved it in their time.
The problem was reinvented by marketing, and everyone fell for it, to the point that kids are told to take plastic water bottles to school (despite the existence of water taps there), and public announcements at train and tube stations warn people not to travel without a plastic bottle, in case they have to survive without a sip of water for an hour. It's like we're all living in the Sahara desert. It's insane.
From a marketing PoV it must be the single most successful campaign in history. And given its success, and massive profits, they should be the ones whom foot the bill for cleaning up the godawful mess they've created.
Taxing plastic production, and properly rewarding recycling or reuse schemes would be have a pretty big impact to the bottom lines of some companies and I think we'd be amazed by how quick they solved the problem.
the species survived without those things. plenty of individuals didn't.
We shouldn't be shipping bottles unless we absolutely have too. Ship the liquid in large efficient containers. Wanna go back to the Romans? They weren't shipping little 20oz amphoras enmasse, no they were carrying 41 quarts... apparently that's a standard too. Good job Rome.
At very low density, applying a very significant fraction of their energy to basic survival needs that we take for granted.
But there are people that buy tankers of Evian and other 'high end' water to use through their plumbing.
It wouldn't surprise me if they run it all through a water softener too.
The only evidence I can provide is I once knew the groundskeeper for a group of properties owned by the super rich. One of his responsibilities was accepting the deliveries.
These properties were in a built up residential area.
I would believe it if they "just" got tankers of clean water from elsewhere though. Plenty of people that have to survive off of water from tankers.
Basically it's more practical to keep the booze in the back of the casino and plumb it into a network of bars, instead of keeping track of which bar is running out.
Particularly when a single casino may have a hundred bars.
You don't want delivery men rolling barrels around hotels etc, and you want to keep the beer cool. Plus bar space tends to be at a premium.
I think nice, reusable containers are key. Everyone in my household has two water bottles. Maybe one gets replaced a year, usually because it got lost. Even then, you need a decent filter or other way to get non-gross water. Fortunately, we are now on a well and the water is fantastic.