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Plastic Water Bottles!

I have recently become conscious of the huge amount of water bottles I buy. I am trying to come up with a better solution. I was at a tournament where I saw 100s of them consumed by everyone and I know many of them went right into the trash. I would love to have any suggestions by anyone who has there water situation figured out.
Anthony

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Permalink Reply by William Gilbert on April 17, 2009 at 12:43am

In the past our club would supply hundreds or more of bottles of water and pop.
In the last few years we have converted to giving away water bottles and supplying water on the course in jugs.
This year at our biggest event we are hoping to give away a BPA free water bottle. Costs will determine that for us.

Permalink Reply by adam gainsley on May 4, 2009 at 4:05pm

This discussion seems to be on the right track but it's worth noting that while PVC bottles are quite a bit better than plastic health-wise they're still not on par with stainless steel bottles. Also aluminum is NOT the way to go. Aluminum is very bad for humans. I love my SIGG water bottle but as far as I understand any stainless steel bottle is fine.

Also on a funny not nalgene bottles are *not* indestructible. If you fill one up, stand on concrete and throw it straight up at least 20 or 25 feet your pretty much guaranteed a wrecked bottle... just in case you were wondering :)

Permalink Reply by mr ed on June 27, 2009 at 8:53am

hey now,try using any beer/soda kozy for extra insulation to your steel/aluminum water bottle.Depending on the mouth opening of water container,use the tall boy insulator one.There are tie string insulator kozy's also.

Permalink Reply by Paul von Schlegel on March 12, 2010 at 8:31pm

Sounds like giving away steel bottles in player packages is the way to go, should look into custom graphics for the event.

Permalink Reply by R Hayes on April 20, 2010 at 10:24pm

I personally abhor buying water. It just doesn't seem right. I carry a BPA-free Nalgene bottle on the course. If I run out, I fill it from whatever source is available--usually a water fountain. But on occasion I've used bathroom sinks.

I didn't peruse the entire discussion, but BPA-free is the way to go. The FDA says BPA is not dangerous, but few studies have been conducted on it. A few months ago I read that 65% of Americans have BPA in their urine--scary. So I avoid it as much as possible. I believe all the new Nalgene bottles are free of BPA. Cool.