Posted on 05/05/2010 11:16:56 AM PDT by Puppage
CONCORD, Mass. -- The town of Concord has banned the sale of bottled drinking water in town beginning in 2011.
"We only have one planet and I just don't want to see it spoiled," said Jean Hill, who introduced the measure at Concord's Town Meeting.
Hill said that New York, Illinois and Virginia, as well as more than 100 cities, have taken action to cut spending on bottled water.
The measured passed by Concord would allow the sale of refillable containers of water, which could still be sold and delivered in town. Only plastic bottles that companies cannot reuse would be banned.
"Water is something we can get from the faucet. You can't turn your faucet on and get soda," said Selectwoman Virginia McIntyre, explaining why other plastic bottles would not be banned.
Supporters say the production of plastic water bottles uses 17 million barrels of oil each year. The beverage industry opposes the measure.
"If you think about the fact that our bottles are getting smaller and if you think about the fact that our bottles are going into the recycle bins in Concord, it's a crazy policy," said Ralph Crowley of Polar Beverages.
The ban on plastic water bottle sales may be largely symbolic. Town officials aren't sure they have the power to enact the ban without approval from the state.
Yea, actually you can. You just have to spend some money to have a bag-in-box, CO2, and fountain head installed as your sink faucet.
Just because people don't do it normally doesn't mean you can't.
That's probably where they forced Walmart to go... out of town. Now they've just outsourced more business to Walmart. ;-)
But, but, .... There will be no disasters under Obama.
Only on soda bottles, not water or juice.
It’s a wonder these folks can still take a crap, as pensive and tight assed as they are.
Get a fricken life lefties, and preferably NOT MINE.
“We only have one planet and I just don’t want to see it spoiled”
Seems she’s getting her “we” and “I” words a little out of sync.
No one want’s to see the planet spoiled you idiot.
I’ve had drinking water in Mass., and it sucks. Tastes like rotten eggs.
Why can’t they make a plastic that decomposes? I thought they already had that one nailed down using plastic made from corn or vegetable oil.
No, Jean...YOU have MORE than one planet. It’s called planet “A-Hole”. :)
Liberals will never realize that they will lose all of their freedoms until it is too late.
lol
water is now illegal.
Big government is so far out of control I don’t know what it is going to take to get things back the way they should be.
So instead of buying a bottle of water, you buy a coke, get fatter and burp CO2. Such intelligent beings, these liberals.
“Supporters say the production of plastic water bottles uses 17 million barrels of oil each year.”
A tree-hugger site say 1.5 million barrels of oil. Which is it?
Concord, Mass. appears to be Berkley east.
596,00000 kazillion bazillion barrels.
That's just silly, everyone knows that Unicorns poop skittles ;-)
Um, actually, I DO make soda at home with just tap water, a carbonator from Soda Club and SC’s flavorings. Works great. Saves us a ton of money and saves us from lugging soda pop from the store. The pastic bottles are reusable, so it is relatively “green”. Most times I drink the carbonated water without any flavoring (sugar free, always).
Jeez,
I want to smoke. Inside.
I want to eat fat burgers. Two or three of them. With cheese.
I want to drink water from a bottle. A plastic bottle. And then toss it into a landfill. If the bottle comes in a neck strap six pack, I would like to toss that into the ocean.
I want to use lead paint and insulate with asbestos.
More than anything, i just want to be left alone.
Some enviro wacko politicias need ridicule before the voters.
Usually they are transplants and recent grads of some “university for stupid people”.
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