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The town that kicked the bottle


Plastic bottles were ceremoniously removed from shelves in the sleepy Australian town of Bundanoon on the weekend as a ban on commercially-bottled water, believed to be a world first, came into force.

The ban, which is supported by local shopkeepers, means bottled water can no longer be bought in the town in the Southern Highlands, two hours from Sydney.

Read the New Zealand Herald article

Posted by Michael Lockhart on 5th October, 2009 | Comments | Trackbacks
Tags: General Sustainability

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