London Ontario and Waterloo all share a ban on plastic bottled water and hopefully soon Toronto, Vancouver, Hamilton and Winnipeg will be joining them. The deal is bottled water is not sold where fresh tap water is readily available. Tap water being completely fine and regulated by water treatment plant, 1/3 of Canadians use their main source of water from plastic bottled water. Even in our own campus, at the SOMA cafe and the Manitoba Students union, are starting a trend that will follow mainstream success in all of Winnipeg. The mayor is on board across the city in arenas, cafeterias and vending machines. 1/4 of all the bottled water sold in Canada is recycled tap water which is not as fresh as treated water and soon a 300 million dollar upgrade on the system regulating our water. Across America the same movement is happening major cities like San Francisco and Seattle. The city will vote and slowly they will be a change in the production and distribution of bottled water.
Unfortunately the vote on the ban at city hall this past Friday was rejected.
CHRIS C.
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