Concord, Massachusetts Ban on water bottles

Hey guys,

This was posted back in January of this year, but I thought it was pretty interesting. The link is here.

The article is a post on a online environmental blog called treehugger.com and it covers a recent ban on the sale of plastic water bottles in Concord, Mass. According to the article, local activists starts a campaign to ban the sale and use of plastic water bottles in the area in 2010. The activists were lead by 82-year old local Jean Hill. According to campaigns like "Ban the Bottle", it takes over 17 million barrels of oil per year to make the amount of plastic water bottles that the United States consumes. This amount of oil could fuel an estimated 1.3 million cars for a year. The ban does not completely prohibit the sale of plastic water bottles though, as stores can only be fined up to $50 for a violation and are exempt in the case of emergencies. However, the activists see this as a step in the right direction for the protection of the environment from the harmful pollution that is caused by the disposal of water bottles.

You can find out more about the ban and how the activists managed to pass the ban by reading the article in the link above.


~Alexandria