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| posted by Killer Tomato 264 days ago |
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what deals do you have now?
i am paying watsons HK$ 40.5 per 12 liter bottle now if i buy 50 coupons at once
i just realize that bonaqua has very good prices, nearly 1/2 these of watsons, but that after carefull reading seems to be valid only for office customers, and when seeing home prices they are nearly same like watsons.
i'd say its discirmination, and downright rediculous to charge nearly double prices for home deliveries.
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| posted by CwbGuy 264 days ago |
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I use the Wellcome delivers service which is $38-00 for 11.50 litres, a fraction cheaper than Watsons and no lump sum outlay.
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| posted by asiangirl 264 days ago |
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just add up all those costs and it might be cheaper in the long-run to invest in an internal water purifying system...will the time ever come where we can safely drink from the tap again?
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| posted by crusty 264 days ago |
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Originally posted by asiangirl
just add up all those costs and it might be cheaper in the long-run to invest in an internal water purifying system...will the time ever come where we can safely drink from the tap again?
not to mention the high impact to the environment that bottled water is having.
Read this for some shocking statistics.
Overall, the average energy cost to make the plastic, fill the bottle, transport it to market and then deal with the waste would be "like filling up a quarter of every bottle with oil." (Peter Gleick, an expert on water policy and director at the Pacific Institute in Oakland, California.
It also takes water to make a bottle. If a container holds 1 liter it requires 3 to 5 liters of water in its manufacturing process (the higher estimate includes power plant cooling water). By one estimate the total amount of water used to produce and deliver one bottle of imported water is even 6.74 liters.
Though the materials used for water bottles are generally recyclable, around 80% of bottled water bottles sold in the U.S. end up in landfills; only 20% are recycled. Worldwide, recycling rates are even lower: up to 90% of bottles are not recycled.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottled_water
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| posted by Killer Tomato 264 days ago |
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Originally posted by crusty
quote:
Originally posted by asiangirl
just add up all those costs and it might be cheaper in the long-run to invest in an internal water purifying system...will the time ever come where we can safely drink from the tap again?
not to mention the high impact to the environment that bottled water is having.
Read this for some shocking statistics.
Overall, the average energy cost to make the plastic, fill the bottle, transport it to market and then deal with the waste would be "like filling up a quarter of every bottle with oil." (Peter Gleick, an expert on water policy and director at the Pacific Institute in Oakland, California.
It also takes water to make a bottle. If a container holds 1 liter it requires 3 to 5 liters of water in its manufacturing process (the higher estimate includes power plant cooling water). By one estimate the total amount of water used to produce and deliver one bottle of imported water is even 6.74 liters.
Though the materials used for water bottles are generally recyclable, around 80% of bottled water bottles sold in the U.S. end up in landfills; only 20% are recycled. Worldwide, recycling rates are even lower: up to 90% of bottles are not recycled.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottled_water
erh my friend, Watsons w3ater and Bonaqua have production lines in Hong Kong, so i guess i am drinking a Hong Kong made water, and NOT an imported water
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| posted by geraldo 264 days ago |
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still de1ver3d in p1a5tic though
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| posted by Killer Tomato 264 days ago |
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Originally posted by geraldo
still de1ver3d in p1a5tic though
yes delivered in plastic bottles which get reurned and re-used over and over again. dont see what you find is so wrong about that.
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| posted by AstiAlexandria 264 days ago |
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how do you fancy the distilled over the mineral> I have park and shop deliver mine 4 -1.5 liters for 70 i thnk. So Welcome is 3 for the price of 2.
At my lemonade stand I used to give the first glass away free and charge five dollars for the second glass. The refill contained the antidote.
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| posted by geraldo 264 days ago |
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Originally posted by Killer Tomato
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Originally posted by geraldo
still de1ver3d in p1a5tic though
yes delivered in plastic bottles which get reurned and re-used over and over again. dont see what you find is so wrong about that.
easy: filter on the tap and:
- no plastic bottles needed
- no 6 billion trucks driving around to deliver water
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| posted by joelle168 264 days ago |
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Geraldo: i totally agree with you!
U know, when i first moved to HK this year, i refused to drink tapwater, cause i was used to drink bottled water.
Now i boil 5 liter tapwater a day and just leave it in the fridge.
Why dont you guys boil water? Unhealthy? Lazy? Don't like the taste?
"I don't excercise. If God had wanted me to bend over, he would have put diamonds on the floor."
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| posted by Killer Tomato 264 days ago |
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for me simple, dont like the taste
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| posted by catzeyez 264 days ago |
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I used to dislike the taste of boiled tap water, but now I'm used to it and I don't buy any plastic bottled distilled water unless I really need it.
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| posted by Killer Tomato 264 days ago |
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how does one r4eally need plastic bottled distilled water?
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| posted by smog 262 days ago (edited 262 days ago) |
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Bonaqua is simply HK tap water, in a bottle.
As are all the Coca Cola bottled waters around the world - local tap water in a bottle. They got laughed out of business when they tried it in the UK, but it seems to work in other places.
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| posted by Load Toad 261 days ago |
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I've recently stuck a HK$250 Philipps water filter on the tap and - perfect - the crappy taste has gone completely. Making tea an even better drink into the bargain.
You used to speak the truth.
But now you're clever.
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| posted by shazza 261 days ago |
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Originally posted by Killer Tomato
for me simple, dont like the taste
Get a bloody filter for the tap and yer lazy arse to boil the water, failing that you still have yer wife and helper to do such JOB for you. If you are THAT fussy you should go for Evian (or live in a country that can provide soft and sweet water) as Watsons/Bonaqua tastes not much different from boiled tap water.
Manufacturers still waste a sh!t load of water and energy to wash the used bottles and to deliver to the shops.
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| posted by Claire 261 days ago |
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Originally posted by Load Toad
I've recently stuck a HK$250 Philipps water filter on the tap and - perfect - the crappy taste has gone completely. Making tea an even better drink into the bargain.
LT, where did you buy the filter?
It is almost impossible to exaggerate the complete unimportance of almost everything.
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| posted by Load Toad 261 days ago |
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I was in Ocean Terminal when I got mine. You can get them in Fortress or any household products shop - I think mine was from the chain called Broadway.
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| posted by The Cerne Abbas Giant 261 days ago |
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Get a Brita filter jug from Wing On. Filters are HK$200 or so for three and can each filter 1500 litres of water.
And your tea will taste lovely.
Watchu talkin' about Willis?
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