Bottled water?

[catherine]

Nestle, Pepsi and Coca-Cola have probably been responsible for the almost total disappearance of the once-ubiquitous water fountains.

[happystuff]

Travelers don't need bottled water. At least not in the US. It's been illegal to sell bottled water at SFO airport for years now. Everyone brings a reusable bottle and fills it up at a bottle filling station after security. Getting into the habit of carrying a stainless steel water bottle has undoubtedly saved me a lot of money over the years and reduced the amount of plastic I'm consuming in one use items like water bottles.

Ditto. I switch between two stainless steel bottles at work and have several at home. Still need to stop those few occasions of plastic, but - still - feel good about my progress so far.

[pony mom]

For home use I use a Brita pitcher. My travel bottle is a Nalgene.

My coworker brings her Stanley cup (ridiculous thing; looks like a sippy cup for adults) and says she's helping the environment. But instead of filling it with the filtered water from the machine at work, she uses two bottles of water from the pack in the fridge.