Bottles and Bottles of Water

I may have purchased two bottles of water in my lifetime. I do buy soda in bottles but then I save the bottles and rinse them and use them as water bottles for years afterwards.
I also have a real water bottle used for tap water only.
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Is the economy sound enough to allow most people to buy water in throw-away bottles which are used once and thrown away? At least the bottles in sports arenas are nicely recycled.
Still, plenty of water bottles are being thrown around on streets and onto sidewalks.
Not good.