Safiya cover and the ‘water bottle’ covers

It is said that the Egyptian politician Sa’ad Zaghloul was on his deathbed, looked at his wife and said to her: ‘Tighten the blanket, Safiya’, or ‘Cover me, Safiya… there’s no point. ” He referred to the political situation in Egypt, which was on the verge of collapse due to the tricks of politicians and parties, and his inability to reach an agreement with them.

The proverb is now said when things are at a dead end and there is no solution or way out, so we say, ‘Cover me, Safiya… there’s no point’!

It is said that you can tell the quality of water in plastic or glass bottles by the color of the cap. Blue caps mean the contents are “spring water,” black caps mean the water is alkaline, green caps indicate flavored or sparkling water, and white caps mean treated water. What “treated” means is unknown!

Water bottles have become a part of many people’s lives as it is important to drink water constantly to keep the body hydrated, especially in hot areas.

No matter how thirsty we are, as we age, our need for water increases and the brain’s thirst signals decrease. Often we don’t notice our dehydration and we are completely exhausted.

So, some people see or believe that it is important to know the quality of the water that we drink in such large quantities from different sources.

The truth is that the rumors about colors are just an illusion. Most major water bottling companies do not care about the above classification, the source of which is not known at all. There is no basis to say that the black color cover is for alkaline water, the blue is for fresh water, the white is for treated water, the green is for fresh water, etc.

In the United States, two agencies regulate bottled water: the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency. However, neither has any rules or regulations about what color-coded caps mean.

Some brands also use caps that comply with the so-called ‘rules’, such as the black caps on Essentia Alkaline Water. But many brands do not care about the rules of the so-called coding system. Fiji Water uses only a blue cap and comes from a spring, while Crystal Geyser also comes from a spring, but with white caps.

In addition, the so-called cap system does not take into account the caps, which have recently become popular in European countries, which have a folding function so that they remain stuck at the end of their opening, making them difficult to loosen and throw. away.

These are available in different colors than the standard caps, and we hope their use will become widespread in Kuwait to help reduce plastic pollution.

Some bottled water companies also have their own color coding systems to indicate the differences in their products. San Benedetto, an Italian water company, uses a blue cap for sparkling water and a red cap for still water, and so on at other companies.

In order to maintain a clean environment, it is better not to buy water bottles, but to buy a bottle of mineral water, take it with you in the car and office, and fill it from a clean source, instead of drinking water from consuming plastic bottles. pollute the environment.

The bottle can be filled with filtered or purified water, at home or from a clean source, outdoors, and will most likely not be of inferior quality than the water in plastic bottles, which are originally filled from the tap… And cover me, Safiya !