• PunnyName@lemmy.world
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    I’m in a homeless shelter, so I use their bottles as a reusable bottle for at least a week. Better than Gatorade bottles due to general practicality. And some come with caffeine, which can be a nice boost day of.

    And I’ll use store brand “crystal lite” to impart flavor / caffeine from time to time.

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      The bottles are very sturdy and even survive my dishwasher, although sometimes the rim/lid connection is a little wobbly afterwards. I don’t care, because at that point it’s only water, sunshine will dry it. If you just fill it with fresh water without washing, the water has a hint of the old flavor which can be nice too.

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        please don’t dishwash or expose single-use plastics to sunlight and then reuse them. There are legitimate reasons why you aren’t supposed to refill the cheapest types of plastic containers.

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          The filling and sterile-sealing process in the factory is just as bad, so we already drank a bunch of microplastics the first time. At my age I’m mostly plastics, insecticides, lead and asbestos. When the alien bug people come, feed me to them first, maybe they’ll die.

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            yeah fair enough man, it’s not like we’re starting from a good place here lol