Small sized PET bottles are probably more popular in Japan than anywhere else in the world. Reason for or consequence of this is an incredible amount of vending machines, not only in crowded city centers but also in front of quiet temple gardens or in virtually uninhabited mountain villages.
About PET bottles:
1. Why do we need French water in Japan?
2. Why do we need Rocky Mountains water in Japan?
3. Why do we need Hawaiian water in Japan?
4. Why do we need 150ml water bottles?
5. Enormous amounts of oil and energy are used to produce all those little bottles of which the least find their way to the recycle bin (even in refund-crazy Germany only 2/3 of all bottles get returned).
About vending machines:
1. An outdoor vending machine in the heat of the sun has to keep dozens of bottles cool 24/7 for the very short moment somebody uses it's service. It's a mystery to me how they keep these energy-gluttons profitable thinking of the contribution the refrigerator makes to my electricity-bill.
2. They are a source of noise pollution (doesn't sound very harmful but is in fact one of the severest forms of pollution).
3. They are a source of light pollution (ditto)
4. They destroy just about every scenery (don't even think of arguing for the stylishness of a manga-like apocalyptic Tokyo or Bladerunner-romanticism.)
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