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June 25, 2007
Bottled Water Ban In San Francisco for City Workers.
Mayor Gavin Newsom, of San Francisco,has issued an executive order banning city departments, agencies and contractors from using city funds to serve water in plastic bottles and in larger dispensers when tap water is available.
According to the mayor's order, "In San Francisco, for the price of one 1 gallon (3.8 liters) of bottled water, local residents can purchase 1,000 gallons of tap water."
Newsom estimates San Francisco could save $500,000 a year under his directive, which also addresses environmental concerns over the amount of oil used to make and transport plastic water bottles.
"All of this waste and pollution is generated by a product that by objective standards is often inferior to the quality of San Francisco's pristine tap water," the order went on to say, as reported by Reuters.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at June 25, 2007 01:17 PM
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