Small Australian Town Goes Bottled-Water Free
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Today, the small Australian town of Bundanoon intends to go bottled-water free, as tapped water becomes the latest craze.
Earlier this year, the town held a vote in favor of supporting events and businesses, in exchange for removing commercial bottled water from sale. Because such a small town (with a population of around 2,500) was going to take on such a huge industry, they received media coverage and praise from around the globe. And they certainly were not alone in their efforts to change.
The environmental organization Do Something provided sponsorship negotiations, while new water stations were donated by Street Furniture Australia. Filters for the new units are being supplied by Culligan Water, and 2,000 new, reusable drink bottles will be coming from Camelbak. This whole initiative is known as “Bundy On Tap”, and includes 3 high tech water bubblers, and 4 filtered water stations specifically designed for refilling reusable bottles. The local school is among those that received one of the refill stations, and a free supply of the Camelbak bottles for all the students. Even more interesting is that all NSW governmental offices will be going bottled-water free as well—once their contracts expire.
It would be quite interesting to see if this innovation will take the world by storm. It certainly has the potential to eliminate the problem of recyclable bottles ending up in landfills; unless you are a company like Repreve, who turns plastic water bottles into clothing and other items. At the very least, I would suggest checking out the Bundy On Tap program and the possibility of getting your own community to make that change.
By Heidi Marshall
Tags: plastic bottle, Pollution, water
Great news! I hope this becomes a trend all over the world.