The National Park Service has approved a plan to eliminate the sales of bottled water inside the park within the next 30 days. Similar bans are already in effect at Zion National Park (Utah) and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

With the intent to reduce 20% of the park’s waste as well as degradation of the landscape, $290,000 was spent installing 10 “water stations” inside the park and park concessionaires chipped in with an additional 3 stations.  Park concessionaires can still sell other bottled beverages and outside bottles can be brought in and re-filled using the water stations.

This ban was proposed in late 2010 but was delayed. The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility charged Coca-Cola Co. applied pressure to postpone the ban. The National Park Service denied the claim.

Read the full article here.

Get on board too, check out our "Water Stations": home water filters and office water coolers.

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