While my family and I lived there for three years, we had a small brown container and a small blue container for our trash and recycling. If we filled it too much, we had to pay extra. Needless to say, we eventually learned to reduce our waste production simply because we didn't want to be charged for it. If Americans were introduced to this system, I'm sure we would all cry, but it works! Manufacturers charge us between 250 and 10,000 times the price of water from your municipal water source. If the water we use in our homes cost as much as the cheapest bottled water, we would have a monthly water bill of about $9,000. Meanwhile, public water systems in many cities are poorly constructed and poorly maintained due to a lack of funding. Randy James of Sumrall Recycling says: “Plastic is the environment’s worst enemy. It is an enemy of our oceans, lakes and rivers. Getting rid of plastic bags is also a good start. Some states have already banned plastic bags due to their harmful effects on the planet, as they are made from non-recyclable plastic molecules. Although water bottles are not as toxic as plastic bags, governments spend millions of dollars to collect and dispose of our empty bottles.