Bottled Water To Be Banned In Australian Town

As an advocate for issues such as this, with the environment in mind, I'm applauding this move by the city of Bundanoon in New South Wales, Australia. "In a first for the world, an Australian town is about to forbid bottled water to be sold in their town due to worries about their environmental affects. Bundanoon, a small town with a population of 2,000, is anticipated to vote in favor of banning the bottles at a public meeting."

lighterfootstep.com gives us five reasons not to drink bottled water, and I would add another one to the list: manufacturing and shipping of bottled water uses exorbitant amounts of fuel -- OIL.

Digitaljournal summarizes in a headline: 1 liter Bottled Water uses 26 Liters Water + 1 Kg Fossil Fuel + 1 Pound CO2.

According to the redorbit article:

Activists say bottling water uses unnecessary plastics and fuel for shipping it. A New South Wales research study noted that in 2006, bottled water companies were to blame for releasing 60,000 tons of harmful gases into the air.

Do you still use bottled water? I have no objections to providing bottled water to places where clean water is unavailable or scarce. But in progressive countries, there is no reason for it. If people are feeling uncomfortable about the cleanliness of their water, they can buy a Brita filter or some other kind of filtration system.

Let's kick the bottle water habit! As refreshing as it may be, in the end all it does is cost more money, pollute the environment in its production AND the bottles that end up in landfills, and uses too much fuel to extract, produce and ship!