Plastics in Brazil.

I can't find a decent squeeze bottle for my walks. I have always had this little pet peeve about plastics in Brazil. If you want cheap plastic (almost unheard of) you have to buy Brazilian made plastic and for some reason the plastic made here has this terrible smell. So, you either have to get used to water that smells and tastes like chemicals, or you spend a ridiculous amount of money on imported plastic.

When I arrived here, I went shopping for stuff to furnish my little place with and I was disheartened  to find that a small plastic garbage can was going to cost me about 45 bucks. I ended up using a small bucket for that end, I found the bucket at a small local grocer for about 5 bucks. The smell can be nauseating sometimes, especially the cheap plastic bags used at some of the small mom and pop shops.

The list of alternative uses for things has become very large in my house. If I purchase tomato sauce, I look for sauce sold in a cup or a container that can be reused for another purpose. Everything from Ice Cream tubs to yogurt cups gets a second life in my house. This is the only way I have been able to overcome the lack of plastic containers for storage in my home.

So that brings me back to today, I looked at two stores to find a squeeze water bottle to take on my walks. The imported ones were 35 bucks and up, the ones made here were about 2 bucks but they had a very strong chemical plastic smell. I guess it is time for me to start an internet search for some ideas about how to remove the smell from plastic.