Bottle for liquid storage

These items were used for the storage and carrying of a wide range of liquids, especially water. The usage of plastic bottles increased exponentially in the late oil age, becoming a worldwide phenomenon. Their popularity for drinks is particularly interesting (most people used many bottles a year) given that drinking water was until the late 21c widely available in ‘developed’ regions and usually piped into several rooms in people’s houses - literally on tap! Indeed, drinking quality water was even used to wash clothes, to bathe in and, extraordinarily, to flush excrement and urine down huge pipelines from people’s personal toilet rooms!
There is some evidence that some bottles may have been re-used as communication vehicles - using the ocean currents to transport messages when other communication systems became unreliable. However, disruption to currents due to climate change and their consequent unpredictability put an end to this practice by the early 22c other than recreationally.