State government ends use of bottled water
The state is kicking its bottled water habit.
Gov. Martin O’Malley announced yesterday that he plans to eliminate taxpayer spending on plastic-wrapped H2O.
The decision came after the state was pressured by Corporate Accountability International, a national group that’s trying to get people to switch from bottled water to tap water.
The group estimated the state government spends at least $200,000 a year on bottled water.
“It’s kind of a win-win situation when you stop pouring plastic into landfills and taxpayer dollars down the drain,” said John Stewart, an organizer of the group’s “Think Outside the Bottle” campaign.
Stewart argues that Americans should be drinking regulated, government-supplied tap water, instead of expensive, corporate bottled water that’s loosely regulated.
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