The past year has seen cities and various other municipalities across the US and worldwide initiate or support initiatives to ban the sale of bottled water. The claimed motivation is to reduce the amount of plastic bottles that end up in landfills. I believe that this thinking is misguided considering that there are a plethora of bottles, both plastic and glass that also end up in landfills. I can talk a lot more about that. In fact I will in another blog.

For now I wish to congratulate the folks at Flagler County FL for their intelligence and thoughtfulness demonstrated by their new recycling initiative. The county is trying to educate their populace about recycling bottled water bottles. One way in which they are getting the message out is distributing their own bottled water with their message right on the label. Here is the label with their message:



Maybe it is because Flagler County is in Florida, a state that recognizes the value and importance that bottled water provides. Besides the convenience and portable hydration provided by bottled water in this hot weather state, bottled water has saved lives during many hurricane situations. When disaster strikes, anywhere in the world, do relief agencies truck in water from municipal water treatment plants and then fill glass bottles for disaster victims? We all know that bottled water is one of the primary relief supplies.

Hats off to Flagler County. Good luck with your recycling campaign.