Bottle the bottle

If we are really serious about taking positive action re. the environment. How about immediately stopping the manufacture of all plastic bottles and instead recycle the billions of them already in circulation. Why is water sold in plastic bottles when tap water is equally good ,if not better, than bottled water? How many transport miles could be saved by not carrying unnecessary bottles of water around the country?

It would be one simple action to confirm the governments commitment to taking real action on global warming and reducing the amount of plastic that is choking the environment.