If you’re wondering what the happs is Down Under this week, here goes: the powers that be have banned bottled water in all New South Wales state government departments and agencies. This announcement was made just before Bundanoon, a small town in NSW’s Southern Highlands, vowed to do the same thing. Word is that all the small businesses in this village have agreed to stop selling bottled water products. Yep, just like that. I should also mention that Australia has among the best tap water in the world, making this ban all the more possible. I’ve read that many institutions in Canada have begun to embrace this trend too.
I’ve borrowed an excerpt from one of SuperForester Julius’ posts regarding the bottled versus tap water debate:
The conclusion is that a bottle of ’spring’ water costs 2000 times as much energy as a bottle of tap water. In other words: the energy it takes to produce one bottle of spring water can be used to fill two thousand bottles with tap water.”
If possible, ban the plastic bottle. And pick up a permanent one.
Love to you wherever you may be,
April
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