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Bottle Ban for Nova Scotia?

May 3, 2010 - 10:49 am

With Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter's recent promise that his government will ban bottled water in all provincial buildings that have drinkable tap water, the bottle versus tap debate (one that never really goes away) has reared its head in the media once more (it won't be the last time). The...

Categories: Atlantic Canada, News

U of W Implements Campus-Wide Bottled Water Ban

March 23, 2009 - 10:58 am

Bottled water bans have hit schools. The University of Winnipeg (U of W) announced today that it will become the first university in Canada to end the provision and sale of bottled water campus-wide. The sale of bottled water will be phased out by the autumn 2009 semester and funding will be put towards...

Categories: News, Western Canada

Groups Challenge Nestlé's Bottled Water "Greenwashing"

December 2, 2008 - 8:50 am

As Toronto City Council gathered yesterday to consider passing a city-wide ban on bottled water, a new coalition challenged advertising claims made by Nestlé Waters that "bottled water is the most environmentally responsible consumer product in the world." The group, which includes Friends of the Earth...

Categories: National, News

London Votes to Ban Bottled Water

August 19, 2008 - 8:36 am

Last night London, Ont. city councillors voted in favour of banning the sale of bottled water in municipal buildings. The phased-in ban will take effect Sept. 1 at city hall, Market Tower and the A.J. Taylor building and be extended by the end of next year to other city-owned buildings and facilities...

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