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Dear Abby Asked by Dear Abby
1/26/2021

Do you reuse plastic water bottles?

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Yes WINNER

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43%
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57%
Yes

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hale1730
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hale1730

Whenever I can. They are super flimsy nowadays though. Powerade and Gatorade bottles are stout and I wash and reuse them over and over.

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Robert Davidson
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Robert Davidson

NYC has excellent tap water. I fill a bottle and keep it in the refrigerator.

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Bill Neet
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Bill Neet

one bottle per month

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Jan Eidson
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Jan Eidson

We reuse some of the bottles, but not those that have been outside or in the car.

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Sabina Weckstein
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Sabina Weckstein

It's funny, I reuse the bottles when I need to bring milk with me to work for oatmeal. I rinse them out and put just the right amount of milk I need.

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L Leone
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L Leone

I refill them at the gym, then the go to the recycle bin.

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Carl Evans
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Carl Evans

I reuse water bottles only for watering my plants.

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43%
No

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Carole Shepherd
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Carole Shepherd

I used to and then began recycling only to learn it was essentially a waste of time. The plastic water bottles cannot be melted down and reused...so we toss them.

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Tina Bouthillier
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Tina Bouthillier

But I recycle every 1 of them!

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Jane
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Jane

Never. You couldn’t wash them out clean enough to drink out of them again. I recycle.

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D May
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D May

it isn't safe according to medical research.

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Kathy Wright
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Kathy Wright

We recycle them. I have a Cirkul bottle, that comes with refills. I also have Tempur pitcher that filters tap water. I don’t use plastic water bottles at all, or plastic drinking straws.

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rover6rover
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rover6rover

Recycle, yes. Reuse only on very rare temporary occasions.

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j d
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j d

It’s been proven that there are health risk from reusing plastic water bottles. I recycle them

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Do you own more or less than a dozen pairs of shoes?
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Do you own more or less than a dozen pairs of shoes?

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rover6rover
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rover6rover

Maybe just a dozen or so if you add them all up and include snow boots and water shoes along with the rest.

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Less

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Lisa Gray
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Lisa Gray

I have 5 counting my slippers! haha

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Bonnie Fitzgerald
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Bonnie Fitzgerald

when I retired I threw away every heel, every dress shoe and most of my work /dress clothes. now I dress for my comfort (11 years ago I'd have een on the otherside)

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