As well as having a wonderful sounding name, NSW town Bundanoon looks likely to have the additional distinction of being the first community in Australia to ban the sale of bottled water.
Local businessman Huw Kingston first raised the question, “Does Bundanoon have the bottle to go bottled water free?” in Bundanoon’s local newspaper and quickly tapped local support.
Local residents will soon be voting on a proposal to replace plastic bottles of water on shop shelves with reusables and encourage refilling from water fountains installed on the main street.
“I think there is an overwhelming opposition to the marketing scam that is still bottled water,” said Kingston.
Environmentalists will support the move due to the well-documented evidence around the extensive use of resources required to extract, bottle and transport bottled water. The contribution that plastic bottles make to litter and landfill problems is also significant.
Tell us what you think. Is this something you would support in your local area?
