Bottled water’s 15 minutes near an end
n August 2008, London city council passed a significant resolution restricting the sale and purchase of bottled water where access to London tap water was readily available.
London was among the first municipalities in Canada to pass such a resolution. Since then, dozens of municipalities, universities, colleges, school boards across the country have passed similar legislation.
The 2008 vote wasn’t even close with 15 councillors in favour of the resolution and only three against.
The rapid spread of this movement to take back the tap has become a thorn in the side of the beverage industry, which is being led in Canada by the Swiss multinational Nestle. Indeed, Neslte’s Canadian subsidiary, Nestle Waters Canada, has gone to great lengths to oppose any action that restricts or eliminates the sale of bottled water.
One recent attempt at influencing public officials was to send a letter to London Mayor Joe Fontana in the days after his election urging him to rescind the city’s 2008 bottled water resolution.
As a result of the company’s pressure on Feb. 15, city council’s community and neighbourhoods committee, in a tied vote, refused to repeal the decision. The final vote takes place at the next council meeting on Monday.
The London 2008 resolution can only be seen as good for the health and environment of the community.
http://www.lfpress.com/comment/2011/02/25/17412801.html
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