>> The LNT folks would not give their seal of approval if the bottles were >> to be Lexan, they have to be PE because Lexan is not recyclable. > > Eh. That's silly. Lexan is tough and lasts forever. To me that's more > important than recyclable. And I try and be as green as possible. There > are millions of recyclable cheap plastic bottles clogging landfills. > > I wish "greenies" would focus on buying less, and buying things that will > last forever (including styles). That's going to do as much or more than > recycling ever will. I agree for the most part. But I find the PE tops on those Lexan wide mouth bottles wear out pretty fast for me and begin to leak. I've resorted to putting a rubber o-ring in the groove of the screw top cover but it doesn't want to stay there especially with hot liquids. My most favored bottles are the PET soda pop bottles especially the ones with wide mouths like the 1.5 liter Nestea iced tea bottles available here in the Azores. I like putting dry foods like rice and powder milk in them and cram them in all the little voids in Mariner II on long trips. There's something real nice about grabing a container like that out of the kayak instead of struggling with a dry bag. They last forever but it's too bad they do weird things when hot liquids are poored in them. Anyone else here use those PET sode bottles? -mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Dec 07 2006 - 11:42:53 PST
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