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Nova Scotia Bans Bottled Water!!!

Trevor — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:34:08 +0000

Canada finally has its first province to ban bottled water from provincially ran buildings. In the past municipalities, school boards as well as universities and colleges took the first steps of banning bottled water from sale. Nova Scotia is the first to ban the sale of bottled water, province wide.

Darrell Dexter, the premier of Nova Scotia has announced that his government has committed to a ban on the sale of bottled water, in all provincial facilities that have drinkable water.

How long do you believe it will take the rest of the provinces to follow suit?

March 11th, 2010 is BOTTLED WATER FREE DAY!

Trevor — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:25:36 +0000

MARCH 11th, 2010 is Bottled Water Free Day!

Make sure that on March 11th, 2010 you put that bottle of water down and turn on the tap. Bottled water free day is being organized by the Polaris Institute, the Canadian Federation of Students as well as the Sierra Youth Coalition.

Canada successfully has over 70 municipalities, six school boards and three campuses that have phased out the sale of plastic water bottles.

To learn more about the day make sure to check out www.bottledwaterfreeday.ca

Brandon University – The 3rd Canadian University to Ban Bottled Water

Trevor — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:49:06 +0000

December 17th, 2009, Brandon University in Brandon Manitoba is the 3rd Canadian University to ban bottled water from their campus. The Universities president as well as the vice chancellor officially signed a water pledge today. This pledge will completely eliminate the sale and distribution of Bottled Water on Campus.

Manitoba seems to be leading the way in Universities around Canada to completely ban the sale of bottled water. In March of 2009, the University of Winnipeg was the first University to completely ban bottled water.

As the world is continually becoming more environmentally conscious, Universities in Canada are keeping pace. This initiative is a great way to support municipal water and reduce the amount of plastic bottles filling up the Worlds landfills.

The University is going to be building new fountains and fill stations throughout campus while also putting up new signage to increase awareness of these stations. Brandon University and the student union want to challenge Universities across Canada and other institutions to follow suit and reclaim the tap to reduce bottled water.

Turn on the Tap – Friday

Trevor — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:35:29 +0000

This is the Second edition of Turn the Tap On – Friday. Turn the Tap on Friday is a great summary of changes, banning and some mind-blowing facts about the plastic water bottle industry, across Canada and around the world.

Halifax, Nova Scotia is the latest edition to municipalities banning the sale of plastic water bottles from their city hall. There is now a total of 69 municipalities across Canada who have banned the bottle, along with the 33 Universities across Canada who have bottled water free zones within their university.
The town of Bundanoon in Australia, as of September 25th, officially becomes bottled water free as of 10 a.m. The last bottled water will be pulled from all fridges and retailers today! They have installed four filtered water stations on the street that will be operate 24 hours a day.
Leeds University is the first university in the United Kingdom to Ban the sale of plastic water bottles. This ban sparked a fierce debate, but putting sustainability before profit was Leeds first priority.

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