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A three fold increase in plastic bottles, since 1990, due primarily to bottles for drinking water. Why do people like bottled water? It is portable, cold and ready to go right out of the fridge. This is a great opportunity for Rubbermaid to sell clear (none of that nasty cloudy stuff) plastic water bottles that are dishwasher safe and come in a pack of six. They could sell it with a holder that you put in your car to store the empties until they are ready to be washed. When they come out of the dishwasher you can fill them up with filtered water and put them in the fridge.

Submitted idea to Rubbermaid on 10/27/04.