I've been guilty of drinking bottled water and I don't like plastic, so I end up drinking sparkling mineral water whenever I can't find a brand that does it in glass flat and also when I need it to wash down food. Sparkling works better. But I've only been able to find distilled water in plastic for my yorkie and I'm worried about cancer, etc, but figured maybe it takes longer exposure for that stuff to kill us--longer than a dog's life span.
We try to recycle when we can.
I had grown up drinking tap water and loved it. But these days it seems to get dirtier or less predictable. I have also been traumatized by a restaurant that served dirty yellowed dish water in a glass for dinner.
I even questioned the judgment of my bf of the time. I said, no way, it doesn't look "off". The dining room was dimly lit and MY water was fine
. At a glance, before taking a sip, I didn't notice the yellow tinge to the water.
Served me right for doubting him as I tasted it to verify. Oh, also, the insect that was frozen inside of an ice cube at a restaurant we were eating at 2 years back... I still do drink tap, still forget to tell them "no ice" but I'd prefer "hot water" over regular tap depending on the source as many establishments have a filtering system, though not all.