Originally Posted by
MikeFromTokyo
Many parts of the world do not have potable drinking water flowing from the tap. While I would prefer sanitized and recirculated glase bottles, these are not always practical or available everywhere. Single use glass bottles use far more energy to produce and recycle than PET bottles do, which of course contributes to carbon emissions.
And what is potable drinking water from the tap for many and consumed by many without issue may not be without risk of disturbing the stomachs of many others.
The bottles of water would probably be used less by hotel guests if the glasses in the hotel rooms were more certainly known to be clean. But given the cost-cutting goals involving hotel housekeeping service, my bet is that the glasses are host to more pathogens than if housekeeping services weren’t so squeezed in the interest of cost-cutting goals.