This! We have bottles from every cycling event my DH has ever done. We have insulated bottles. We have ones that can hold hot or cold beverages. We have ones for smoothies. I could go on and on.
The whole cabinet above our stove is FILLED with reusable water bottles. It’s really ridiculous.
If Yeti cups…yes, donate them, if not…please don’t.
I volunteer at a charity thrift store. Anything with a built in straw immediately gets tossed in the trash. Anything with a logo gets tossed in the trash. Anything where the drinking spout can’t be really cleaned…gets thrown in the trash.
Even WITH the cast offs, we have plenty of water bottles that sit on our shelves and never get purchased so eventually they get tossed.
Now…thermos bottles, yeti cups, Tervis…those sell. But largely because the lids are very easy to clean and are dishwasher safe.
Please…please recycle your event bottles at your local recycling place. Otherwise, you are burdening a thrift store with doing so.
Questions about germs on water bottles:
1 -worse on reused disposable bottles? (first read warnings for them)
2- do they get worse over time or die out?
3- if some person is using the bottle, how much risk?
In our family, we don’t share water bottles with spouts or straws. Everyone has their own if they want that style. The Yeti and Tervis lids can be put in the dishwasher and that is done after each use.
I have one that I got for free at work, works fine! I don’t feel the need to spend a lot on a Stanley or Hyrdoflask. But if other people want to, well that’s good for them…
Probably not many. I would bet that most people don’t clean their water bottles as often as they should…
I have a neighbor who gets up early for her job and she drives right by our local Target and she said people were already lining up to get those cups and Target wasn’t even going to open for at least a couple of hours…
One thing I’ve heard that I think is sad, is that some kids in middle and elementary school are getting bullied for not having Stanley cups. Really?! Do kids really need a cup that expensive? If my kids wanted a Stanley or Hydroflask…they’d either have to save up allowance or birthday money from relatives or they could get it as a birthday or Christmas gift. Otherwise, they’d get a cheaper waterbottle or a disposable water bottle…
I have had my Hydroflask for at least 10 years. Still going strong. Slightly dented. I use it almost every day. Can’t imagine there’s many bacteria in it since I fill it with boiling water to brew my tea in it. I do wash it too. It’s a great product.
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@Silpat D2 is a kindergarten teacher here in Southern California. She has her students bring water bottles and the school provides water in her classroom to refill the bottles. Before each school year begins D2 goes out and buys some extra water bottles since some of her students can’t afford it. She also keeps bottled water in her classroom in case someone forgets their water bottle.
That is great your daughter is so thoughtful.
My grandson goes to preschool and they have each child have a water bottle that stays at school.
Our local public schools only allows clear water bottles, so thankfully bullying over a Stanley cup is not happening,
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D’s kids take them home each day.
Same here. I’m the primary picker-upper, and always have to make sure they have their water bottles (and backpacks, lunchbox, hats, gloves, artwork, notes from teachers, extra boots/shoes/clothes, etc etc etc!)
I was wondering the same thing!!!
I don’t know. The reason I know they stay at school is when we picked him up a few weeks ago we took him to the park. We wanted to give him some water so checked his things and no water bottle. I asked my daughter and she said it stays at school.
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