Comments on: Australian Town Bans Bottled Water http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/07/09/australian-town-bans-bottled-water/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:57:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: economixthttp://www.inhabitat.com/2009/07/09/australian-town-bans-bottled-water/comment-page-1/#comment-165347 economixt Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:54:03 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=38457#comment-165347 Good for bundanoon!Bottled water is big business - about $100 Billion globally. It's going to take small steps like these to begin to restore the focus on municipal water systems. There's a great rundown of the bottled water industry in the US over at economixt -http://www.economixt.com/2009/07/in-context-the-bottled-water-industry Good for bundanoon!

Bottled water is big business – about $100 Billion globally. It’s going to take small steps like these to begin to restore the focus on municipal water systems. There’s a great rundown of the bottled water industry in the US over at economixt –

http://www.economixt.com/2009/07/in-context-the-bottled-water-industry

]]> By: tapinhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2009/07/09/australian-town-bans-bottled-water/comment-page-1/#comment-165242 tapin Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:49:21 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=38457#comment-165242 We need your support! Please sign our online petition!http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/ban-bottled-water-at-departments-and-facilitiesTAP IN - a student led group in Surrey, British Columbia will be presenting to the Surrey Environmental Advisory Committee next week to convince Surrey to stop selling bottled water in municipal buildings.Check out our website at: www.tap-in.ca We need your support! Please sign our online petition!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/ban-bottled-water-at-departments-and-facilities

TAP IN – a student led group in Surrey, British Columbia will be presenting to the Surrey Environmental Advisory Committee next week to convince Surrey to stop selling bottled water in municipal buildings.

Check out our website at: http://www.tap-in.ca

]]> By: spaceshapehttp://www.inhabitat.com/2009/07/09/australian-town-bans-bottled-water/comment-page-1/#comment-165114 spaceshape Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:01:45 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=38457#comment-165114 The potential problem I can see with this measure is that it will encourage people to drink sodas and other packaged sugary beverages. If a person stops at a convenience store for a cold drink and doesn't have a refillable bottle on them, they'll probably just choose a (cheap) can or bottle of soda instead of buying a new (more expensive) reusable bottle. The potential problem I can see with this measure is that it will encourage people to drink sodas and other packaged sugary beverages. If a person stops at a convenience store for a cold drink and doesn’t have a refillable bottle on them, they’ll probably just choose a (cheap) can or bottle of soda instead of buying a new (more expensive) reusable bottle.

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