We have something similar at our walmart. Instead of refilling ourselves we return the bottle and get a new one. They clean and refill it. You get a discount when you return a bottle vs just buying one
We use to refill these all the time. The problem for me was that they became too heavy to carry from my car into my house. I use the Brita filter now. 🫠
@@Kr1st1n4.HEven then its depends where you are in California too. Where I live the tap water is drinkable and delicious, but about 40 miles from where I live the water is so hard that it’s basically undrinkable.
I live in Las Vegas and they yearly send out a letter in the mail telling you not to drink the tap water bc of the remaining toxic waste seeping into it.
Microplastics don't "leak" from usable items. They are basically sawdust and are result of plastic objects decaying (making them more brittle) and being ground by tides.
They can also occur from heating (e.g. microwaving, soaking in hot/boiling liquid). The major source, I agree, is physical breakdown, but you can get chemical breakdown of the polymers from heat breaking the bonds. I still use plastic deli containers to store food, but I make sure to let it cool first well below boiling in the cooking container and to reheat in a glass or ceramic container.
@@jennifergeorge7280, so, it's unclear what's happening in your anecdote, but I suspect microplastics are not to blame. Plastics are very stable at room temperature. Foods, however, will oxidize and and take on off-tastes. Plastics will start to break down at high temperatures (e.g., they've been demonstrated to form over time when it's immersed in boiling water, but it's unlikely your storing the food in that high of a temp), but the food will break down and take on off taste long before I suspect you could taste any plastic. My strong suspicion is that you associate off tastes/smells with plastic as plastic containers take on off smells in the fridge/freezer, but these are much more likely to be coming from breakdown of the food then from the plastic knowing the chemistry of both. Finally, should microplastics occur in high levels, you're unlikely to be able to taste them--or if you could, they'd just be vaguely salty. Personally, I'd focus on trying to eat food by the sell-by date and less on unlikely sources of micro plastics (plastic not being boiled/microwaved). It's rather sad to put single use plastics into the trash without them having fulfilled even their single use purpose...
The fact that the tap water doesn't pass regulatory drinking standards is ridiculous. I thought the US is supposed to be one if the most developed countries in the world
No politicians just say that so they can feel good about themselves and say “ThAt CaN’t HaPpEn!1! We’Re ThE bEsT1!1!” While children cant afford school lunches and private prisons exploit loopholes in the 13th amendment to get away with slave labor.
She’s talking shit is the thing. Water is a city/county thing. Not a state thing. So the water in LA passes regs, and most water across the state passes more regs than bottled water bc the US legitimate doesn’t regulate bottled water
When I was in the USA, I wouldn't drink the tap water. Not because I couldn't where I stayed - I could, the tap water was safe to drink - but because of the heavy chlorine taste it had. Come to Germany and experience how clean and fresh tap water can be with zero chlorine. (yes I know we don't have free tap water at restaurants, don't come at me, but I wouldn't drink chlorine tap water even if it was free so there's that)
It's mainly because our population is so big that places like California specifically Southern California and Arizona and New Mexico use recycled water so out water goes to a treatment plant and gets sent back out as tap water in Arizona ur dr will tell u not to drink the tap water bc you can get kidney stones but there's simply not enough fresh water to go around many people here though have water softening systems as well as large filters that are attached to the water softeners that make it so you can drink the water out of a special little tap next to the regular one
@@leoniee1545 The tap water’s not only safe but safer than bottled water in like… 90% of the US, it’s just that water bottle corporations have been running a smear campaign against it.
As a southeast asian, I am extremely culture shocked about Americans buying packs of mineral water bottles and not having refillable water jugs like this lady. (I know their tap water is safe but idk personally can’t risk it)
Several reasons a/ Water stations like this don't exist in places that have safe tap water. And not all places without safe water will have this kind of set-up. Floods, fires, sewage leaks, etc can all contaminate an ordinarily safe to drink water supply so people have to resort to buying water. In those cases even if a water refill station did exist it would likely be affected as well b/ Some people don't like the taste of tap water. (I would reccommend a filter to those people.) If the tap water is safe, any water refill stations, drinking fountains (aka bubblers), etc will just use regular tap water, so the only option is to buy bottled. Plus you can find flavoured bottled water (added lime juice, berries, etc), which you won't get from a tap c/ Some people think mineral water is better for you, or they might be allergic to tap water (yes, that's a thing, typically mild but very difficult to figure out) d/ Depending on where you live mineral water is often sparkling e/ People buy bottled water on the go when they don't have easy access to other water or they have to cater to a large number of people who won't have easy access to water. Even if you have a re-usable water bottle, you can't refill it if you don't have access to drinking water
I’m sure the same people who think you’re drinking micro plastics from the water aren’t even considering all of micro plastics they’re eating from seafood. 😂
@@askmeaboutsugmabecause unfortunately it’s something that’s out of our control we can spread awareness, but it isn’t going to fix anything… any synthetic fabric so most clothing has micro plastic that gets washed away when you wash it I did a whole research paper on it for a college course it’s honestly quite surprising
"most sustainable option i have to me" exactly. 💯 People have to remember that not everywhere is the same. Some people have little to no choice and have to choose the lesser evil. Good job!
As a Californian i have somethings to say. OUR TAP WATER IS FINE TO DRINK!!! I work in a chemistry lab that deals with water chemistry and the domestic water is just fine. In fact we have more regulations on tap water that most of the country.
Yeah I was thinking that it was perfectly fine & safe to drink. That doesn’t mean you want to though lol. I live in AZ & the taste varies from city to city but specifically in chandler it smells strongly of chlorine. The city I live in now is fine. It’s not the best but it’s fine. Bend, Oregons tap water though… fricken delicious. One of the things I miss from that place.
Yeah but my family is from Hinkley California and the government told us the water was safe to drink for a few decades and we still haven’t recovered so no tap water for us 😭 can’t trust PG&E
Fr just because it smells like chlorine or some 3rd party site that sells osmosic filters says it’s below standards doesn’t make it true. You may not like the taste, fine. But it’s perfectly safe to drink.
Some parts of California it’s not but for most of the state, it’s totally fine to drink straight from the tap. My source is my Dad, who worked in water treatment for his whole career (in CA, I won’t specify more because internet safety)
THANK YOU. While I’m not a zero waster I feel like trying too hard to be is worse. Using some plastic jugs isn’t bad. It’s using the resources we’ve been given wisely. If everyone used plastic the way you are we wouldn’t have this problem. Love you!
For those worried sick about microplastic: sorry to say but there’s no way to avoid microplastics. They are already in every body of water and they are in the air. Every plant and animal already has them in their bodies as well. There’s no point worrying yourself sick trying to find ways to avoid them because you can’t. And even if you miraculously avoided every microplastic in the world, you are still gonna die someday. We all do. Whats the point of a few extra years at the end if the price is a life of worry? So just live your life
Nah I’m just going to take care of myself and eat less processed foods and junk from the superstores who could not care less if their food has pesticides in it as long as it sells. There are ways to avoid these things you just don’t want to have the difficulty of getting food from a sustainable and healthy place, instead you choose the slop fed to you by stores. Don’t say there’s no way to avoid it, you’re just lazy in a city
@@Gray-v8s oh so we just MOVE into the woods now? Is that what you're suggesting? Just leave our lives and jobs and family behind because "microplastics". That sounds logical.
@@dazzlingburritoes5693 nah just find your local farmers market if possible, grow your own food hydroponics are incredible, or maybe even shop at an all natural store even though it costs more. I’d suggest hydroponics though home grown food is the best
I really like your view of "zero waste is doing the best you can". I'm physically disabled and know a lot of other physically disabled people and single-use plastics are a part of life for us. People who don't have the motor control to lift a glass need plastic straws, people like me with chronic fatigue need prepared meals which usually come in plastic, diabetic people's needles come in plastic cases, all pills come in plastic bottles, asthmatic people need plastic inhalers, the list goes on. There are zero-waste people who shame disabled people for needing these things or indicate that our lives aren't worth the environmental damage we cause (which is called ecofascism), the zero-waste community and disabled community are often at odds and it's really frustrating. I know more people in the physdisabled community would follow the "as zero waste as possible" philosophy if more zero waste people were like you.
@@ihintrr They most likely cannot do this as it us a safety/cleanliness concern and they have to give you a new label which they would just put on a new bottle
@@ihintrrthere are some companies that recycle those things, but there's not a ton of them. You can't asked them to reuse a container. Well, you can ask but they're not allowed to for a number of reasons
Just a note, most cities in CA have safe drinking water. I've lived all across the state and have never heard warnings to not drink tap from any official source, just people who dont like the taste.
I feel like Mexico got it right with this one cause my family uses those gallons and once we feel like they've gotten a bit old or roughed up we take them back to where we bought them from do they can recycle them into new gallons (also I'm pretty sure you get a discount as well for returning the gallon containers)
@@loveofearthco I know!! Same thing when you return glass coke/soda containers! you just ask for refills, and BAM you got a small discount AND (in my opinion) the best coke in the world :D although you could just return the bottles and they give you some coins in return for recycling (I love my country so much for this frfr ❤️🇲🇽)
Yeah, I'm mexican so I was like well, this is how we get potable water. We have to buy these gallons of water and then return them once they're over, because they clean and rehuse the gallons!
I work in a medical lab. We had a plastic water container that we were using for a few years. After a while our test kept failing quality controls and we had to do a lot of troubleshooting including bringing out an engineer to try to see if there was a problem with the analyser. It was later discovered that the plastic container was leaching into the water and messing up the experiments. I recommend changing those bottles every couple of years. It’s really really bad for you. Or maybe get a stainless steel container
Always remember, the plastic you have now is already made. Throwing it away will not benefit the environment. Reduce buying new plastic and throwing stuff away unnecessarily but keep using the tupperware you already own
That's why that slogan is in that order. "Reduce, reuse, recycle" Reduce the amount of "trash" you buy, reuse it as long as you reasonably can, and then recycle it when you're done. Maybe a glass water bottle isn't for you because you might be prone to dropping it and breaking it, so you get a plastic one. That's fine, just keep on using it until it no longer really works for you. My boyfriend tends to use a 2l pop bottle for weeks or months, refilling it with water regularly, until the bottle is so worn he can't trust the structural integrity of it anymore, and it goes to recycling. Maybe he should stop drinking pop, but at least he's making the best of it.
We recently got an under the sink filter because we hated changing those filters so often. They’re supposed to handle 16k gallons, and we have a separate water faucet for it. Time will tell how it’ll work out. 6 month edit: The option worked great! These will last a really long time for us. Much better than filling up jugs.
I’d love a comparison on how much more wasteful would a Berkey water filter be? ❤- yes, we can only control so much. So we do our best with what’s in our hands.
Absolutely! From what I know about the Berkey, although they have charcoal filters, the filters still contain plastic. So from what I understand they’re not necessarily recyclable. When I compare which option would be the most sustainable I follow the 3 R’s principle. So which option helps to reduce the most waste, which option has more reusable qualities? & if I can reduce or reuse it, is it at least recyclable? So if I’m answering your question as to which option would be the most sustainable I’d go with the 5G jugs just based on the 3 R’s. But for those who have a Berkey, USE IT! Might as well use what you already own!
@@loveofearthcoif Berkey is comparable to Alexa pure each filter cleans 5000 gallons. Also it’s more charcoal than plastic. I doubt a five gallon jug is going to last for 1000 refills. So then the question becomes which one is more recyclable and how many jugs will you go through in a comparable time?
Very little plastic in the Berkey I just bought one for our homeschool because everyone was using plastic water bottles and it was hurting my soul. So I bought the Berkey and now everyone is using refillable.
I know people have already said this, but I just wanted to emphasize how little plastic waste there is in Berkey filters- the only plastic in the filters themselves is at the base, and it probably amounts to around 1 oz (or less???) of plastic per filter. And given that the filters last for thousands of gallons, I personally think it’s 1000% worth the small amount of waste
My partner and I went so far as to buy used Berkey units. Some had filters and some did not. We cleaned the filters and they work great! So no new Berkeys and no new filters. The filter that does have a plastic casing is the flouride filter. The regular filters have some obvious plastic on the ends but I'm not sure what else they are made from because they can be literally scrubbed so they flow better.
thank you for mentioning trying not to stress over things you can’t control ❤️ hits very close to home as I worry about recycling and sustainability a lot, but I cant control everyone or everything
It's generally very wasteful people that are unnecessarily worried about microplastics. There are microplastics in fish, beer, wines with polyethylene stoppers, rice, table salts, honey, apples, broccoli, and carrots. 😂
I know that’s why I don’t even bring it up. Microplastics are a minute issue when we have MACRO plastics that are pumped into our society everyday. Microplastics are just a symptoms of us still relying to heavily on bigger plastic items in our everyday lives
Actually Filipinos do this purposefully, and we like get the waters delivered to us whenever we ran out, we just pay them monthly. They filter out the jugs btw
Well you do have to rebuy those jugs every once in a while, otherwise micro WILL leak into your water (or the plastic rots, that’s why water bottles have expiration dates)
@@theopalangel1342 the reason bottled supermarket water have expiration dates is because the plastic won’t be as good causing the water to get unhealthy to the human body (micro plastics from the water bottle might leak into the water which is bad for you, same reason fine glitter is banned in Germany, or going to be banned not sure)
We started off with charcoal sticks in glass jugs for purifying water,they last months then you boil them to sterilise and continue using. When they reach the end of their life you can compost them. We did end up buying a large Phoenix water filter system which uses metal and natural elements to filter the water as our large family always drank the jugs dry too quickly. ✨💕
we have some too and there's me my husband and two babies and we go through 3 a week. but also where i am u can just return these jugs and they have pre-filled waters you can just grab instead of having to wait for them to fill up
There are stainless steel water filters i know you don't see them and might have never heard of. But they exist. They don't run in electricity. You just need to fill them with tap water by yourselves. And wash them once in a week or two like other utensils and The filter candle needs to be replaced in like once in 4 to 6 months.
@@AkA553 Her words not mine. /shrug Ceramic filters are better than stainless steel imo, they don't get that metallic taste Is english your second language? Utensils are things like knives, forks, spoons and chopsticks; you should wash them every time you use them. A better item to compare a filter with would be a water bottle :)
microplastics are literally unavoidable these days. the only way to be truly micro plastic free might be to like... start a farm in the himalayas and literally never come down from there. even then, there's probably micro plastics in the rain. worrying about micro plastics is a lost cause. they're here and there's nothing we can do no matter if they're harmful or not.
Microplastics aren't what you should be worried about. Some plastics leach carcinogens into liquids they contain when used more than intended or holding the liquid longer than intended. Other plastics besides that are also too porous to be properly cleaned and become a breeding ground for bacteria. Not all plastics are like this, though, and many plastics contains are safe to be refilled, just check the number that's usually stamped on the bottom of the container to see what plastic it is and look it up to make sure it's safe to reuse or safe to heat.
I don’t know where she got her information, but California tapwater is perfectly safe to drink according to multiple government agencies and my own experience
my guess is she lives in LA where the tap water has been considered a risk. but yeah vast majority of california tap water is safe, just a couple of exceptions
@@butchmikey Yes! As I go through the comment section I feel the pain of having people all over the world think California doesn't have safe drinking water. We do! There are a few places in the Central Valley and Southern CA as well as some places near Silicon Valley that have some problems. Cali is a huge state. A lot of those places are suffering from agricultural run off and salinization of the water. We have money to fix it. I've got to wonder why they don't use that money to fix it. More research is needed.
I live in Central California where 46% of our nations fruits vegetables nuts & milk are grown. So we prioritize our good water to our farms over citizens. Not saying I agree with this, but that’s why it is what it is here. I don’t mean to freak anyone out it’s just when we get the water report every year telling us not the drink the water, it comes from the state. So that’s why I said what I said
Have you ever considered a Berkey filter? It is a gravity filtration system. It is a bit pricey up front, but I got mine 6 years ago and I could never go back! Got my parents one too for Christmas, cause they kept buying water in bottles 😭
I love your content and how you show zero waste lifestyles isnt an all or nothing. You do what you can where you can and remain consistent while still reducing your footprint
You should consider using clay earthern pots! They're widely used in my culture from the mediaeval times. They keep the water cool, kind of purify your water (but still reccomend to filter your water and then store it) as well cuz they're perforated and they dont need to be thrown away unless you break them lol.
@@eidelrosenope. those vessels are fired so they are a different substance. you can’t store water in unfired clay as it just turns back into mud. it is a one way process but you can turn it into grit and and mix into clay to change the texture
The key with Brita filters is to only change when it starts to taste weird!! Those filters last a long time for great tasting water. The refillable jugs are a good idea though!! I thought you had to get new ones each time.
the primo waters are great because even if you don't have a place to fill them up you take the jugs back to the store and exchange them for a discounted price so they never get thrown away bc primo actually refills and reseals them
"I try not to sweat the small things i can't control... It's the most sustainable option i have available to me" my goodness i wish this healthy mindset was more common! If you do the best you can with your personal circumstances, abilities and finances *that is good enough*! That applies to so much in life. Everyone is going to have different abilities and options and that's just life, no one should be criticised or feel guilty for not being able to do what another person with different circumstances can do. Even on different days your circumstances can vary. Don't beat yourself up for what it outside of your personal circumstances and don't beat others up for not meeting up to the standards you think they should meet. Life is hard for everyone but kindness and understanding makes it just a little easier all around
@@jakobwhaley5641nope i am not you can literally look it up. Fluride is in every single american tap water. and Pfas is in more then half of the tap water in the US also in california. "Virtually all of us have one or more PFAS in our bodies. While we do not make the chemicals in this state, limited testing to date has already detected 9 PFAS in the drinking water supplies of 16 million in California." o and that first line? yeah that counts mostly only for the people in the US. not anywhere else in the world. thats how unhealthy your water is in the US you where saying? its sad that i know more about the state of the US tap water then you do as an american. learn facts. being delusional only makes you look stupid
@@MovieHats what are you on about lol. i dont live in the US so my bill is not high. second of all i brush my teeth and in toothpaste we have Fluoride. adding extra fluoride in your tap water can causes cancers. thats why the Netherlands where i live removed extra added Fluoride to our tap water in 1976. its completely forbidden. so i dont know what you are on about. but as usual an american with no brain think that the FDA cares about him. if i really told you what the FDA allowed you to consume and what the EFSA (FDA for Europe) banned us from eating you will be shocked even more. FDA doesnt care about you tons of things you eat and drink are literally forbidden in europe because of health reasons. my teeth are fine but hey keep drinking your cancer water
Britta filters out all the good minerals. It takes tap water or spring water and turns them into purified water which isn’t really great for us. We need minerals and things in our water. So keep filling up those jugs. A Britta filter would definitely impact your vitamin and mineral intake! It can’t clean water to make it safer to drink. It just changes the flavor by removing things.
You can just rinse them with water and mild soap before getting a refill but if you go to an actual water business and not the machine they will wash it for you.
You can clean them yourself OR you can swap them out at the grocery store & get a clean one from the company! They also offer pick up & replace services if you’d rather them come to you. It’s pretty sweet
I’ve seen them at thrift stores! Although I wouldn’t buy them because I already have these. I gotta remember the 2nd “R” in the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle phase 💚
If her local tap water isn't safe to drink, how far does she have to drive for her water refills? I ask because Primo Water uses tap water for those refill stations (along with single-use plastic in their RO UV filters that you would have no control over if they get trashed or properly recycled).
Another really sustainable option would to get a Berkey water filter there is almost no plastics and they last forever they filter out all of the bad stuff but leave behind the naturally occurring minerals
The company I use for these jugs takes them at the end of the month and properly disposes of them! It’s really nice 😊 Edit: also, if you have extras, use them as Pots and plant stuff in them or use it to store things
I think the issue is the refilling part - if you can't refill from the tap and filter cartridges produce more waste, where would you refill the glass jug? It looks like they station they use is designed for these specific jugs, but even if it isn't it'd be a massive hassle to lug enough glassware back and forth for that. Plus, these are designed to hold water - the microplastic 'leaking' is going to be incredibly minimal.
Low/zero waste living really is in the little habits, like how you used the tap water to water your plant instead of draining it in the sink (definitely what I would've done). Kudos!
Uh excuse??? Live in California and told not to drink tap?????? Girl, I've lived in California (LA county) my entire life and this is the first time I'm hearing this. Like is the water harder than I would prefer for everyday drinking? Yes. Is it still perfectly safe? Also yes. The bigger question I have is do you use that water to rinse out your mouth after brushing your teeth? Cuz if you do, you'd know what you're saying is untrue.
@@Emily12349 you can drink tap water in the vast majority of california. google it. saying you can’t is fear mongering and wildly untrue. check your local city and county’s water safety if you want to know if your tap water is safe, but you should be doing that no matter what state you live in.
I live in Central California where 46% of our nations fruits vegetables nuts & milk are grown. So we prioritize our good water to our farms over citizens. Not saying I agree with this, but that’s why it is what it is here. & from what I understand LA tap water is not safe to drink? But you can go to your cities website, under the water tab it will tell you exactly what’s in the water & whether or not it’s safe to drink. Regulations change every year
I haven’t lived in LA county for about 10 years, but there were definitely warnings not to drink the tap water. It was “legally” safe most of the time, but there were still warnings all over the place. One of my schools even sent home waivers that if we drank the fountain water it was not legally their responsibility if we developed cancer because of it. I wouldn’t worry if you have been drinking it, though. It depends on where exactly your water is treated, how your pipes are, original source, et cetera. The increased risk (from potentially harmful sunbstances) is small, mostly. I personally wouldn’t drink it though… The excess chlorine flavoring is enough to turn me away (and of course the white haze of hard water). I also don’t rinse with water after brushing my teeth (my dentists recommend against it, and it was never a habit I picked up). However, rinsing and drinking are different. For example, using mouthwash vs drinking mouth wash. One is safe enough, the other is dangerous.
Hell yea. Great to see someone think a few steps ahead with the waste. Hate when ppl throw out the plastic they have to replace with green looking materials (not what this is about but reminded me of it)
Love this! People equate being evo conscious to perfection. It's not about being perfect; because we can't be in a capitalistic world. The burden of eco sustainability is so often thrown on the average consumer but we make up such a small fraction of pollution compared to mass corporations. People often scrutinize and place blame on us rather than the ones causing mass pollution. Bottom line is effort not perfection. Do what you can with the area you're in and with the budget you can afford.
Idk about other countries but where I live, a long time ago these large water jugs used to be made out of glass. For obvious safety reasons, later these were replaced with plastic ones.
We bought a water machine so we can always have cold and hot water on tap. Our first jugs we use to water our dogs. Our new jugs we fill for $1 at the ice house ❤
Hey, there are ceramic or clay filters. We use those at home and they are very durable 😊 takes like 2 to 3 years per filter, they are very sustainable and the water tastes really good. And are very cheap too!!
I really loved when you got a cup of water from the tap, you didn’t pour it down the drain, but instead used it to water your plant. ❤ it’s the little things that make our world better!
I live in CA too and our tap in our smallish town is amazing. I bottle it in 5 gal jugs every time I visit. Our water is crisp and clean, even in summer and winter.
I used to use 5 gal water jugs as well, I moved into a new home with a reverse osmosis system and it has been an eco game changer for me! Highly recommend it if you can fit it in your budget!
These are great short term, but do try replace them after a couple of years. Water bottles have a best before date for a reason, eventually microplastics will begin to leak out of the plastic molecules. But until the best before date, absolutely use them! (For reference, I'm a marine biologist)
i love that u embrace your dark circles i embrace mine too and always seeing so many women online with bright unattainable skin every day by use of makeup just sometimes make me feel indifferent and insecure like i have to conform but seeing u and how pretty u look embracing it just makes it even more cool
It's always less wasteful to use what you already have rather than buying something new. She already owns those water jugs. How getting a water filter would be any better in terms of waste?
Um you could also try boiling water..? In India we always boil water and keep it in aluminium..pots ig idk what the English name is. In my language we call it a kalam. You just boil one medium sized Kalam of water and keep it aside and whenever you want a drink just dip a glass in and fresh safe water in an instant!! In a lot of households we usually have two kalams that we keep in rotation so whenever one is running low you'll always have a back up. And also you'll have access to both cold and hot water at any given time. It /is/ a bit more work than just getting water from somewhere else and trust me ik because i hate boiling water when it's my turn too but ig it's better in a way. You can simply use your tap water and you don't have to carry it all the way to your home. Also if you really do care about zero waste thing then I don't think this would be that much difficult for you
we have the primo water dispenser too! we live in a town where hot springs are common, and clean spring water is available in town for completely free. it’s probably the best water i have ever tasted! and free!
Yeah, plastic in and of itself isn't the bad guy here, it's how we're using it. Your water jugs are nothing compared to a fleece blanket in the washer and dryer. Just be mindful of what you use and how, and most things will be fine.
As someone who has plastic medical waste this makes me feel better lol. I don't like wasting and try to reuse what I can, but my daughter's pods, and insulin needles can't really be used again. (Though I might be able to find a use for the needles if I get a liquid enough paint)
am from India, have lived in Kerala where we've wells from which water is pumped into a tank, clean water, can be used for everything. Have also spent years in Delhi where I've stayed in places where one has to buy these gallon jugs of water and also in places you install a filter. As much I love Delhi, living there always remind me how I never have to worry about water, its quality or availability in Kerala.
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A burkey could be helpful it’s what my family uses
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My parents bought a Berkey too, it's like a huge water bootle with a filter (there's no waste) !
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They're refillable. That's awesome! I've never seen that system before, it looks great.
💚 we enjoy them in our household!
They’re at just about every big brand store where I’m at! It’s a great option for all kinds of uses
In lots of places of México that's our only way to get drinkable water. It barely takes a minute to refill and it's very cheap.
We have something similar at our walmart. Instead of refilling ourselves we return the bottle and get a new one. They clean and refill it. You get a discount when you return a bottle vs just buying one
We use to refill these all the time. The problem for me was that they became too heavy to carry from my car into my house. I use the Brita filter now. 🫠
I’m Aussie and the idea that you’re warned not to drink the water coming out of your taps is genuinely insane
😂😂😂 Only in California! Tennessee still has safe tap water and PRISTENE underground springs that you can drink water from straight out of the ground.
Same here! Am genuinely shocked by that being the case in such a populous state in the US
@@Kr1st1n4.HEven then its depends where you are in California too. Where I live the tap water is drinkable and delicious, but about 40 miles from where I live the water is so hard that it’s basically undrinkable.
I live in Las Vegas and they yearly send out a letter in the mail telling you not to drink the tap water bc of the remaining toxic waste seeping into it.
I was just thinking that- California doesn’t have safe tap water? CALIFORNIA??
Microplastics don't "leak" from usable items.
They are basically sawdust and are result of plastic objects decaying (making them more brittle) and being ground by tides.
Thank you. I don’t think people really understand how that works
The chemicals for sure leech. Ever taste a cake mix a few years expired? Tastes like plastic.
They can also occur from heating (e.g. microwaving, soaking in hot/boiling liquid). The major source, I agree, is physical breakdown, but you can get chemical breakdown of the polymers from heat breaking the bonds. I still use plastic deli containers to store food, but I make sure to let it cool first well below boiling in the cooking container and to reheat in a glass or ceramic container.
@@jennifergeorge7280, so, it's unclear what's happening in your anecdote, but I suspect microplastics are not to blame. Plastics are very stable at room temperature. Foods, however, will oxidize and and take on off-tastes. Plastics will start to break down at high temperatures (e.g., they've been demonstrated to form over time when it's immersed in boiling water, but it's unlikely your storing the food in that high of a temp), but the food will break down and take on off taste long before I suspect you could taste any plastic. My strong suspicion is that you associate off tastes/smells with plastic as plastic containers take on off smells in the fridge/freezer, but these are much more likely to be coming from breakdown of the food then from the plastic knowing the chemistry of both. Finally, should microplastics occur in high levels, you're unlikely to be able to taste them--or if you could, they'd just be vaguely salty.
Personally, I'd focus on trying to eat food by the sell-by date and less on unlikely sources of micro plastics (plastic not being boiled/microwaved). It's rather sad to put single use plastics into the trash without them having fulfilled even their single use purpose...
@@emma70707THE SUN IS A DEADLY LASER
The fact that the tap water doesn't pass regulatory drinking standards is ridiculous. I thought the US is supposed to be one if the most developed countries in the world
No politicians just say that so they can feel good about themselves and say “ThAt CaN’t HaPpEn!1! We’Re ThE bEsT1!1!” While children cant afford school lunches and private prisons exploit loopholes in the 13th amendment to get away with slave labor.
She’s talking shit is the thing. Water is a city/county thing. Not a state thing. So the water in LA passes regs, and most water across the state passes more regs than bottled water bc the US legitimate doesn’t regulate bottled water
When I was in the USA, I wouldn't drink the tap water. Not because I couldn't where I stayed - I could, the tap water was safe to drink - but because of the heavy chlorine taste it had. Come to Germany and experience how clean and fresh tap water can be with zero chlorine.
(yes I know we don't have free tap water at restaurants, don't come at me, but I wouldn't drink chlorine tap water even if it was free so there's that)
It's mainly because our population is so big that places like California specifically Southern California and Arizona and New Mexico use recycled water so out water goes to a treatment plant and gets sent back out as tap water in Arizona ur dr will tell u not to drink the tap water bc you can get kidney stones but there's simply not enough fresh water to go around many people here though have water softening systems as well as large filters that are attached to the water softeners that make it so you can drink the water out of a special little tap next to the regular one
@@leoniee1545 The tap water’s not only safe but safer than bottled water in like… 90% of the US, it’s just that water bottle corporations have been running a smear campaign against it.
As a southeast asian, I am extremely culture shocked about Americans buying packs of mineral water bottles and not having refillable water jugs like this lady. (I know their tap water is safe but idk personally can’t risk it)
our tap water is extremely not safe
Our home is to tiny to hold jugs like that
Me too . I'm a Southeast Asian and I have the same culture shock when I see them buying packs of water bottles . That's so wasteful
Several reasons
a/ Water stations like this don't exist in places that have safe tap water. And not all places without safe water will have this kind of set-up. Floods, fires, sewage leaks, etc can all contaminate an ordinarily safe to drink water supply so people have to resort to buying water. In those cases even if a water refill station did exist it would likely be affected as well
b/ Some people don't like the taste of tap water. (I would reccommend a filter to those people.) If the tap water is safe, any water refill stations, drinking fountains (aka bubblers), etc will just use regular tap water, so the only option is to buy bottled. Plus you can find flavoured bottled water (added lime juice, berries, etc), which you won't get from a tap
c/ Some people think mineral water is better for you, or they might be allergic to tap water (yes, that's a thing, typically mild but very difficult to figure out)
d/ Depending on where you live mineral water is often sparkling
e/ People buy bottled water on the go when they don't have easy access to other water or they have to cater to a large number of people who won't have easy access to water. Even if you have a re-usable water bottle, you can't refill it if you don't have access to drinking water
@tessschmidt2532 depends on the state, and most countries around the world don't have safe drinking water.
I’m sure the same people who think you’re drinking micro plastics from the water aren’t even considering all of micro plastics they’re eating from seafood. 😂
👀 oop! That part!
Or the ones they wear
I mean people are born with microplastics in them so it seems like a silly worry
@@blaackberryI mean people a hundred years ago weren’t born with microplastics inside of them so I don’t see why you’re not worried.
@@askmeaboutsugmabecause unfortunately it’s something that’s out of our control we can spread awareness, but it isn’t going to fix anything… any synthetic fabric so most clothing has micro plastic that gets washed away when you wash it I did a whole research paper on it for a college course it’s honestly quite surprising
"most sustainable option i have to me" exactly. 💯 People have to remember that not everywhere is the same. Some people have little to no choice and have to choose the lesser evil. Good job!
As a Californian i have somethings to say. OUR TAP WATER IS FINE TO DRINK!!! I work in a chemistry lab that deals with water chemistry and the domestic water is just fine. In fact we have more regulations on tap water that most of the country.
Yeah, i was like “wait what?” Because i only ever drink tap water
Yeah I was thinking that it was perfectly fine & safe to drink. That doesn’t mean you want to though lol. I live in AZ & the taste varies from city to city but specifically in chandler it smells strongly of chlorine. The city I live in now is fine. It’s not the best but it’s fine. Bend, Oregons tap water though… fricken delicious. One of the things I miss from that place.
Yeah but my family is from Hinkley California and the government told us the water was safe to drink for a few decades and we still haven’t recovered so no tap water for us 😭 can’t trust PG&E
Fr just because it smells like chlorine or some 3rd party site that sells osmosic filters says it’s below standards doesn’t make it true. You may not like the taste, fine. But it’s perfectly safe to drink.
Some parts of California it’s not but for most of the state, it’s totally fine to drink straight from the tap. My source is my Dad, who worked in water treatment for his whole career (in CA, I won’t specify more because internet safety)
THANK YOU. While I’m not a zero waster I feel like trying too hard to be is worse. Using some plastic jugs isn’t bad. It’s using the resources we’ve been given wisely. If everyone used plastic the way you are we wouldn’t have this problem. Love you!
For those worried sick about microplastic: sorry to say but there’s no way to avoid microplastics. They are already in every body of water and they are in the air. Every plant and animal already has them in their bodies as well. There’s no point worrying yourself sick trying to find ways to avoid them because you can’t. And even if you miraculously avoided every microplastic in the world, you are still gonna die someday. We all do. Whats the point of a few extra years at the end if the price is a life of worry? So just live your life
Nah I’m just going to take care of myself and eat less processed foods and junk from the superstores who could not care less if their food has pesticides in it as long as it sells. There are ways to avoid these things you just don’t want to have the difficulty of getting food from a sustainable and healthy place, instead you choose the slop fed to you by stores. Don’t say there’s no way to avoid it, you’re just lazy in a city
@@Gray-v8s oh so we just MOVE into the woods now? Is that what you're suggesting? Just leave our lives and jobs and family behind because "microplastics". That sounds logical.
@@dazzlingburritoes5693 nah just find your local farmers market if possible, grow your own food hydroponics are incredible, or maybe even shop at an all natural store even though it costs more. I’d suggest hydroponics though home grown food is the best
@@Gray-v8s Even if you grow your own food it still has micro plastics in it
@@Gray-v8s exactly
I really like your view of "zero waste is doing the best you can". I'm physically disabled and know a lot of other physically disabled people and single-use plastics are a part of life for us. People who don't have the motor control to lift a glass need plastic straws, people like me with chronic fatigue need prepared meals which usually come in plastic, diabetic people's needles come in plastic cases, all pills come in plastic bottles, asthmatic people need plastic inhalers, the list goes on. There are zero-waste people who shame disabled people for needing these things or indicate that our lives aren't worth the environmental damage we cause (which is called ecofascism), the zero-waste community and disabled community are often at odds and it's really frustrating. I know more people in the physdisabled community would follow the "as zero waste as possible" philosophy if more zero waste people were like you.
I agree, im not disabeled or anything but i do take meds, refill wise could i ask them to shove my meds in the same container used prior?
@@ihintrr They most likely cannot do this as it us a safety/cleanliness concern and they have to give you a new label which they would just put on a new bottle
@@ihintrrthere are some companies that recycle those things, but there's not a ton of them. You can't asked them to reuse a container. Well, you can ask but they're not allowed to for a number of reasons
Just a note, most cities in CA have safe drinking water. I've lived all across the state and have never heard warnings to not drink tap from any official source, just people who dont like the taste.
Same. Lived her my whole damn life. Idk what she's talking about.
I've heard that some places in SoCal aren't safe, but as far as I've heard for NorCal is safe.
The top three counties in CA with failing water systems are Kern, Fresno, and then Tulare. Kern has 50 failing water systems.
Los Ángeles county water smells and is disgusting!!! Come up and try this east bay mud water!!
I was just about to say I've never been told to not drink our tap water (I'm in oc) like I prefer it to bottled
I feel like Mexico got it right with this one cause my family uses those gallons and once we feel like they've gotten a bit old or roughed up we take them back to where we bought them from do they can recycle them into new gallons (also I'm pretty sure you get a discount as well for returning the gallon containers)
That’s pretty amazing! S/o Mexico!
@@loveofearthco I know!! Same thing when you return glass coke/soda containers! you just ask for refills, and BAM you got a small discount AND (in my opinion) the best coke in the world :D although you could just return the bottles and they give you some coins in return for recycling (I love my country so much for this frfr ❤️🇲🇽)
Yeah, I'm mexican so I was like well, this is how we get potable water. We have to buy these gallons of water and then return them once they're over, because they clean and rehuse the gallons!
That’s what my family does
Yeah but it sucks when no one wants to go refill it cause we're too lazy. Now we're just sitting there, dehydrated 😂
I work in a medical lab. We had a plastic water container that we were using for a few years. After a while our test kept failing quality controls and we had to do a lot of troubleshooting including bringing out an engineer to try to see if there was a problem with the analyser. It was later discovered that the plastic container was leaching into the water and messing up the experiments. I recommend changing those bottles every couple of years. It’s really really bad for you. Or maybe get a stainless steel container
How often should you change them?
Always remember, the plastic you have now is already made. Throwing it away will not benefit the environment.
Reduce buying new plastic and throwing stuff away unnecessarily but keep using the tupperware you already own
That's why that slogan is in that order. "Reduce, reuse, recycle" Reduce the amount of "trash" you buy, reuse it as long as you reasonably can, and then recycle it when you're done. Maybe a glass water bottle isn't for you because you might be prone to dropping it and breaking it, so you get a plastic one. That's fine, just keep on using it until it no longer really works for you. My boyfriend tends to use a 2l pop bottle for weeks or months, refilling it with water regularly, until the bottle is so worn he can't trust the structural integrity of it anymore, and it goes to recycling. Maybe he should stop drinking pop, but at least he's making the best of it.
We recently got an under the sink filter because we hated changing those filters so often. They’re supposed to handle 16k gallons, and we have a separate water faucet for it. Time will tell how it’ll work out.
6 month edit: The option worked great! These will last a really long time for us. Much better than filling up jugs.
I was thinking the same thing, and most homes I go to have one in the fridge as well
I’d love a comparison on how much more wasteful would a Berkey water filter be? ❤- yes, we can only control so much. So we do our best with what’s in our hands.
Absolutely! From what I know about the Berkey, although they have charcoal filters, the filters still contain plastic. So from what I understand they’re not necessarily recyclable. When I compare which option would be the most sustainable I follow the 3 R’s principle. So which option helps to reduce the most waste, which option has more reusable qualities? & if I can reduce or reuse it, is it at least recyclable? So if I’m answering your question as to which option would be the most sustainable I’d go with the 5G jugs just based on the 3 R’s. But for those who have a Berkey, USE IT! Might as well use what you already own!
@@loveofearthcoif Berkey is comparable to Alexa pure each filter cleans 5000 gallons. Also it’s more charcoal than plastic. I doubt a five gallon jug is going to last for 1000 refills. So then the question becomes which one is more recyclable and how many jugs will you go through in a comparable time?
Very little plastic in the Berkey I just bought one for our homeschool because everyone was using plastic water bottles and it was hurting my soul. So I bought the Berkey and now everyone is using refillable.
I know people have already said this, but I just wanted to emphasize how little plastic waste there is in Berkey filters- the only plastic in the filters themselves is at the base, and it probably amounts to around 1 oz (or less???) of plastic per filter. And given that the filters last for thousands of gallons, I personally think it’s 1000% worth the small amount of waste
My partner and I went so far as to buy used Berkey units. Some had filters and some did not. We cleaned the filters and they work great! So no new Berkeys and no new filters. The filter that does have a plastic casing is the flouride filter. The regular filters have some obvious plastic on the ends but I'm not sure what else they are made from because they can be literally scrubbed so they flow better.
thank you for mentioning trying not to stress over things you can’t control ❤️ hits very close to home as I worry about recycling and sustainability a lot, but I cant control everyone or
everything
omg my childhood home hsed to have that EXACT jug pump down to the colors!!! Nostalgia...
This is the most realistic zero waste content. Doing our best is all we can do 🥰
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It's generally very wasteful people that are unnecessarily worried about microplastics. There are microplastics in fish, beer, wines with polyethylene stoppers, rice, table salts, honey, apples, broccoli, and carrots. 😂
I know that’s why I don’t even bring it up. Microplastics are a minute issue when we have MACRO plastics that are pumped into our society everyday. Microplastics are just a symptoms of us still relying to heavily on bigger plastic items in our everyday lives
False. Crunchy people are concerned on microplstics and we are very low waste.
“generally“
In America for sure. Everything over there is toxic
Actually Filipinos do this purposefully, and we like get the waters delivered to us whenever we ran out, we just pay them monthly. They filter out the jugs btw
Well you do have to rebuy those jugs every once in a while, otherwise micro WILL leak into your water (or the plastic rots, that’s why water bottles have expiration dates)
Water does not expire? That's just in case they mold. They don't need an expiration date and it's not due to the plastic either
@@theopalangel1342 the reason bottled supermarket water have expiration dates is because the plastic won’t be as good causing the water to get unhealthy to the human body (micro plastics from the water bottle might leak into the water which is bad for you, same reason fine glitter is banned in Germany, or going to be banned not sure)
Microplastics are literally everywhere and it is physically impossible to avoid them.
Glass bottles are also great!
If you already have it, and can find a use, it's not a waste!
I live in San Diego and our tap water is considered safe to drink. Maybe it’s just certain parts of SoCal?
i’m pretty sure she just lives in LA. tap water is safe to drink in most of california.
@@butchmikeyI used to live in LA, most of my life actually --tap water is safe. It's just people being picky and spreading rumors.
I was just thinking this too, the water in my area comes from a reservoir up in the mountains, that shit is hella tasty and very safe.
It’s safe to drink almost everywhere in CA. But it tastes like ass in the big cities. Don’t recommend it.
@@butchmikeythe tap water is safe to drink here in LA idk what the girl in the video is talking about
A great video ❤
Appreciate your kindness. Thank you!💚
So good to have someone showing reasonable approaches to make an impact without becomig hysterical in the way to it. Very refreshing ❤
i love you shirt as a native person!!! feels nice to be seen once in a while. feels like so many people hate us. so thank you truly
We started off with charcoal sticks in glass jugs for purifying water,they last months then you boil them to sterilise and continue using. When they reach the end of their life you can compost them. We did end up buying a large Phoenix water filter system which uses metal and natural elements to filter the water as our large family always drank the jugs dry too quickly. ✨💕
How long does the water last for your family?
My family uses at least 4 gallons of drinking water a day! I can't imagine lugging several of those plus the groceries every few days.
My hubs & I have 3 jugs we fill up every 2 weeks. Each 5G costs $2 to fill up :)
They have a delivery service if you’re really interested. It’s quite awesome. When I lived with my parents that’s what we did. So convenient
we have some too and there's me my husband and two babies and we go through 3 a week. but also where i am u can just return these jugs and they have pre-filled waters you can just grab instead of having to wait for them to fill up
My family of 4 typically goes through 2-3 jugs a month. It cost $2, so about -$4-$6 a month
This is very helpful thanks ❤❤❤❤
Absolutely 💚
There are stainless steel water filters i know you don't see them and might have never heard of. But they exist. They don't run in electricity. You just need to fill them with tap water by yourselves. And wash them once in a week or two like other utensils and The filter candle needs to be replaced in like once in 4 to 6 months.
She said in her video she doesn't use a filter because she doesn't want to keep replacing it as that's waste
@@lawson6267 what waste the fillter candles are like 20 or 30 cm and fully biodegradable maybe recycle material too.
@@AkA553 Her words not mine. /shrug
Ceramic filters are better than stainless steel imo, they don't get that metallic taste
Is english your second language? Utensils are things like knives, forks, spoons and chopsticks; you should wash them every time you use them. A better item to compare a filter with would be a water bottle :)
I love that you don’t sweat the things you just can’t control. Truly
Whatever works best! (Also really micro plastics? Come on y’all)
microplastics are literally unavoidable these days. the only way to be truly micro plastic free might be to like... start a farm in the himalayas and literally never come down from there. even then, there's probably micro plastics in the rain. worrying about micro plastics is a lost cause. they're here and there's nothing we can do no matter if they're harmful or not.
Microplastics aren't what you should be worried about. Some plastics leach carcinogens into liquids they contain when used more than intended or holding the liquid longer than intended. Other plastics besides that are also too porous to be properly cleaned and become a breeding ground for bacteria. Not all plastics are like this, though, and many plastics contains are safe to be refilled, just check the number that's usually stamped on the bottom of the container to see what plastic it is and look it up to make sure it's safe to reuse or safe to heat.
I don’t know where she got her information, but California tapwater is perfectly safe to drink according to multiple government agencies and my own experience
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yes! i'm typing this while drinking tap water in california.
my guess is she lives in LA where the tap water has been considered a risk. but yeah vast majority of california tap water is safe, just a couple of exceptions
@@butchmikey Yes! As I go through the comment section I feel the pain of having people all over the world think California doesn't have safe drinking water. We do! There are a few places in the Central Valley and Southern CA as well as some places near Silicon Valley that have some problems. Cali is a huge state. A lot of those places are suffering from agricultural run off and salinization of the water. We have money to fix it. I've got to wonder why they don't use that money to fix it. More research is needed.
I live in Central California where 46% of our nations fruits vegetables nuts & milk are grown. So we prioritize our good water to our farms over citizens. Not saying I agree with this, but that’s why it is what it is here. I don’t mean to freak anyone out it’s just when we get the water report every year telling us not the drink the water, it comes from the state. So that’s why I said what I said
Have you ever considered a Berkey filter? It is a gravity filtration system. It is a bit pricey up front, but I got mine 6 years ago and I could never go back! Got my parents one too for Christmas, cause they kept buying water in bottles 😭
THIS ATTITUDE is what we need more of in the world
I love your content and how you show zero waste lifestyles isnt an all or nothing. You do what you can where you can and remain consistent while still reducing your footprint
You should consider using clay earthern pots! They're widely used in my culture from the mediaeval times. They keep the water cool, kind of purify your water (but still reccomend to filter your water and then store it) as well cuz they're perforated and they dont need to be thrown away unless you break them lol.
I’m not an expert on clay making, but with those pots you could probably throw them back into the raw clay so long as they’re unglazed
@@eidelrosenope. those vessels are fired so they are a different substance. you can’t store water in unfired clay as it just turns back into mud. it is a one way process but you can turn it into grit and and mix into clay to change the texture
Plastic can expire so just make sure to change the jugs every year or so
The key with Brita filters is to only change when it starts to taste weird!! Those filters last a long time for great tasting water. The refillable jugs are a good idea though!! I thought you had to get new ones each time.
I know what you are talking about. My mom goes by the same thing.
the primo waters are great because even if you don't have a place to fill them up you take the jugs back to the store and exchange them for a discounted price so they never get thrown away bc primo actually refills and reseals them
Also, from what I know, you can ship used filters back to Brita for free for them to recycle! You shouldn't be throwing them away.
I feel so blessed to have drinkable clean tapwater where I live. It’s crazy how we take that for granted.
"I try not to sweat the small things i can't control... It's the most sustainable option i have available to me" my goodness i wish this healthy mindset was more common! If you do the best you can with your personal circumstances, abilities and finances *that is good enough*! That applies to so much in life. Everyone is going to have different abilities and options and that's just life, no one should be criticised or feel guilty for not being able to do what another person with different circumstances can do. Even on different days your circumstances can vary. Don't beat yourself up for what it outside of your personal circumstances and don't beat others up for not meeting up to the standards you think they should meet. Life is hard for everyone but kindness and understanding makes it just a little easier all around
... California tap water is largely safe to drink. Definitely in all the major population centers.
Full of pfas And fluoride. Yap really safe lol
@@metalvideos1961spoken like a true oblivious person
@@jakobwhaley5641nope i am not you can literally look it up. Fluride is in every single american tap water. and Pfas is in more then half of the tap water in the US also in california.
"Virtually all of us have one or more PFAS in our bodies. While we do not make the chemicals in this state, limited testing to date has already detected 9 PFAS in the drinking water supplies of 16 million in California."
o and that first line? yeah that counts mostly only for the people in the US. not anywhere else in the world. thats how unhealthy your water is in the US
you where saying? its sad that i know more about the state of the US tap water then you do as an american. learn facts. being delusional only makes you look stupid
@@metalvideos1961found the guy with bad teeth!! RIP your wallet because I bet your dental bills are high af without fluoride.
@@MovieHats what are you on about lol. i dont live in the US so my bill is not high. second of all i brush my teeth and in toothpaste we have Fluoride. adding extra fluoride in your tap water can causes cancers. thats why the Netherlands where i live removed extra added Fluoride to our tap water in 1976. its completely forbidden. so i dont know what you are on about. but as usual an american with no brain think that the FDA cares about him. if i really told you what the FDA allowed you to consume and what the EFSA (FDA for Europe) banned us from eating you will be shocked even more. FDA doesnt care about you tons of things you eat and drink are literally forbidden in europe because of health reasons. my teeth are fine but hey keep drinking your cancer water
Britta filters out all the good minerals. It takes tap water or spring water and turns them into purified water which isn’t really great for us. We need minerals and things in our water. So keep filling up those jugs. A Britta filter would definitely impact your vitamin and mineral intake! It can’t clean water to make it safer to drink. It just changes the flavor by removing things.
I heard they dont filter things that they’re supposed to
@@terrajanae12 I’ve heard that too. That like, they’re basically a scam.
How do you keep them clean?
You can just rinse them with water and mild soap before getting a refill but if you go to an actual water business and not the machine they will wash it for you.
You can clean them yourself OR you can swap them out at the grocery store & get a clean one from the company! They also offer pick up & replace services if you’d rather them come to you. It’s pretty sweet
I love your attitude about being zero waste. You do the best you can.
I think that is a fantastic suggestion and option!
The name zero waste is misleading! It should be minimal waster, or something, since zero waste is impossible.
There are glass water jugs and you can use the plastic jugs for something else to avoid the microplastics ❤
I’ve seen them at thrift stores! Although I wouldn’t buy them because I already have these. I gotta remember the 2nd “R” in the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle phase 💚
@@loveofearthco oh ok 👍
I feel like I'd 100% break those lol
If her local tap water isn't safe to drink, how far does she have to drive for her water refills?
I ask because Primo Water uses tap water for those refill stations (along with single-use plastic in their RO UV filters that you would have no control over if they get trashed or properly recycled).
They should have these in more places! What a great option
Another really sustainable option would to get a Berkey water filter there is almost no plastics and they last forever they filter out all of the bad stuff but leave behind the naturally occurring minerals
The company I use for these jugs takes them at the end of the month and properly disposes of them! It’s really nice 😊
Edit: also, if you have extras, use them as Pots and plant stuff in them or use it to store things
They have glass water jugs. They are heavy and slightly expensive for the first purchase but they exist.
I think the issue is the refilling part - if you can't refill from the tap and filter cartridges produce more waste, where would you refill the glass jug? It looks like they station they use is designed for these specific jugs, but even if it isn't it'd be a massive hassle to lug enough glassware back and forth for that.
Plus, these are designed to hold water - the microplastic 'leaking' is going to be incredibly minimal.
I live in California, they “forgot” to test our wells for months for no apparent reason
Low/zero waste living really is in the little habits, like how you used the tap water to water your plant instead of draining it in the sink (definitely what I would've done). Kudos!
Another reason why the US is a developing nation
Uh excuse??? Live in California and told not to drink tap?????? Girl, I've lived in California (LA county) my entire life and this is the first time I'm hearing this. Like is the water harder than I would prefer for everyday drinking? Yes. Is it still perfectly safe? Also yes. The bigger question I have is do you use that water to rinse out your mouth after brushing your teeth? Cuz if you do, you'd know what you're saying is untrue.
Are you slow Cali is not just LA what she’s saying is true you can’t drink the tap water in certain places
@@Emily12349 you can drink tap water in the vast majority of california. google it. saying you can’t is fear mongering and wildly untrue. check your local city and county’s water safety if you want to know if your tap water is safe, but you should be doing that no matter what state you live in.
I live in Central California where 46% of our nations fruits vegetables nuts & milk are grown. So we prioritize our good water to our farms over citizens. Not saying I agree with this, but that’s why it is what it is here. & from what I understand LA tap water is not safe to drink? But you can go to your cities website, under the water tab it will tell you exactly what’s in the water & whether or not it’s safe to drink. Regulations change every year
I haven’t lived in LA county for about 10 years, but there were definitely warnings not to drink the tap water. It was “legally” safe most of the time, but there were still warnings all over the place. One of my schools even sent home waivers that if we drank the fountain water it was not legally their responsibility if we developed cancer because of it. I wouldn’t worry if you have been drinking it, though. It depends on where exactly your water is treated, how your pipes are, original source, et cetera. The increased risk (from potentially harmful sunbstances) is small, mostly.
I personally wouldn’t drink it though… The excess chlorine flavoring is enough to turn me away (and of course the white haze of hard water). I also don’t rinse with water after brushing my teeth (my dentists recommend against it, and it was never a habit I picked up). However, rinsing and drinking are different. For example, using mouthwash vs drinking mouth wash. One is safe enough, the other is dangerous.
Hell yea. Great to see someone think a few steps ahead with the waste. Hate when ppl throw out the plastic they have to replace with green looking materials (not what this is about but reminded me of it)
Love this! People equate being evo conscious to perfection. It's not about being perfect; because we can't be in a capitalistic world. The burden of eco sustainability is so often thrown on the average consumer but we make up such a small fraction of pollution compared to mass corporations. People often scrutinize and place blame on us rather than the ones causing mass pollution. Bottom line is effort not perfection. Do what you can with the area you're in and with the budget you can afford.
Idk about other countries but where I live, a long time ago these large water jugs used to be made out of glass. For obvious safety reasons, later these were replaced with plastic ones.
If you have the money for it a home filtration system is the way to go; generally the filters in them do not need to be replaced, only maintained!
I use that too and it works great for my family😊
Very cool. Nice education
I always do use this!!
We bought a water machine so we can always have cold and hot water on tap. Our first jugs we use to water our dogs. Our new jugs we fill for $1 at the ice house ❤
Hey, there are ceramic or clay filters. We use those at home and they are very durable 😊 takes like 2 to 3 years per filter, they are very sustainable and the water tastes really good. And are very cheap too!!
The water store! California living! ❤
I love how ur so honest 😭🫶🏼🫶🏼
I really loved when you got a cup of water from the tap, you didn’t pour it down the drain, but instead used it to water your plant. ❤ it’s the little things that make our world better!
THIS is what zero waste living should be 😊
I live in CA too and our tap in our smallish town is amazing. I bottle it in 5 gal jugs every time I visit. Our water is crisp and clean, even in summer and winter.
Finally someone who doesn’t sweat the small things. Thats how I am and I feel like it makes me more happy then most people.
I used to use 5 gal water jugs as well, I moved into a new home with a reverse osmosis system and it has been an eco game changer for me! Highly recommend it if you can fit it in your budget!
I love the water pump 🤩🤩🤩🤩
Omg we love the Alhambra water we also fill it up too
repairing your clothes is zero waste too
These are great short term, but do try replace them after a couple of years. Water bottles have a best before date for a reason, eventually microplastics will begin to leak out of the plastic molecules. But until the best before date, absolutely use them!
(For reference, I'm a marine biologist)
We use these too. But I got lucky and found that mountain spring sells glass ones and got a couple of those to reuse!
As a Mexican, I grew up using those and I can't genuinely think of living without them
My family reuse the same containers too!
We have 5 of those! Love our Primo dispenser station. I can count that the water is best we can access. No single bottles.
i love that u embrace your dark circles i embrace mine too and always seeing so many women online with bright unattainable skin every day by use of makeup just sometimes make me feel indifferent and insecure like i have to conform but seeing u and how pretty u look embracing it just makes it even more cool
Omg if I don’t live like this when I’m her age Idk what I’m going to do 💚💚💚💚
You go girl! I do the same!
It's always less wasteful to use what you already have rather than buying something new. She already owns those water jugs. How getting a water filter would be any better in terms of waste?
Um you could also try boiling water..? In India we always boil water and keep it in aluminium..pots ig idk what the English name is. In my language we call it a kalam. You just boil one medium sized Kalam of water and keep it aside and whenever you want a drink just dip a glass in and fresh safe water in an instant!! In a lot of households we usually have two kalams that we keep in rotation so whenever one is running low you'll always have a back up. And also you'll have access to both cold and hot water at any given time.
It /is/ a bit more work than just getting water from somewhere else and trust me ik because i hate boiling water when it's my turn too but ig it's better in a way. You can simply use your tap water and you don't have to carry it all the way to your home. Also if you really do care about zero waste thing then I don't think this would be that much difficult for you
we have the primo water dispenser too! we live in a town where hot springs are common, and clean spring water is available in town for completely free. it’s probably the best water i have ever tasted! and free!
I love those jugs. My mom used to get them when we were little and now I have one in my own home ❤
YESSSS ❤
Yeah, plastic in and of itself isn't the bad guy here, it's how we're using it. Your water jugs are nothing compared to a fleece blanket in the washer and dryer. Just be mindful of what you use and how, and most things will be fine.
Being able to drink water straight out of the tap is amazing. I live in rural Michigan and our tap water is near bottled quality.
Thank you! 😊
As someone who has plastic medical waste this makes me feel better lol. I don't like wasting and try to reuse what I can, but my daughter's pods, and insulin needles can't really be used again. (Though I might be able to find a use for the needles if I get a liquid enough paint)
We need more people in the world like this ❤
am from India, have lived in Kerala where we've wells from which water is pumped into a tank, clean water, can be used for everything. Have also spent years in Delhi where I've stayed in places where one has to buy these gallon jugs of water and also in places you install a filter. As much I love Delhi, living there always remind me how I never have to worry about water, its quality or availability in Kerala.
Why is she so pretty