• Hazmatastic@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    I hate water companies as much as the next guy, but processing water can be really expensive and would be disastrous for a company to do poorly. This take is like saying “you know fence companies don’t produce iron, right?” No, but it takes money to make the iron into a fence, just like it takes money to make water potable.

    That said, water companies can still go eat a dick. Idk how ethical smaller companies like liquid death are, but I just refill a reusable bottle when at all possible. I will go thirsty out of spite if the only water available is Nestlé. There is a lot more to complain about than saying they “don’t produce anything.”

    • schnokobaer@lemmy.ml
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      10 months ago

      What company that sells bottled water processes it themselves? The two types I know are syphoning it from a spring and those (at least where I’m from) are not allowed to process it and still call it “from spring XYZ”… and those who just fill up tap water somewhere where it can pass as mineral water and then transport it over the globe.