Posted by Sigismund on July 11, 2009, at 16:57:36
In reply to Re: AUSTRALIA AND PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES!! » fayeroe, posted by Sigismund on July 11, 2009, at 15:08:46
It was Bundanoon.
http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/banning-bottled-water-sale-in-bundanoon-2838761
The people of the town decided that they did not want bottled water and had a meeting where it was decided with only 1 vote against to ban bottled water from the town. This may contravene the section of the constitution that protects free trade, so there may be a court case, but then again there is not a lot of mileage in it for the bottled water companies to take a nice little local region's people to court; the industry might come under more scrutiny. They contented themselves with saying that bottled water was a substitute NOT for tap water but was rather in competition with soft drinks, just another way, IIRC, of 'satisfying our hydration needs'.
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