Yes sir.thank you. On Nov 18, 2016 12:01 PM, "Gurumurthy K" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Bottled water is one of the biggest threat to our environment. Let us stop > using bottled water and let us educate our students also to avoid it > always. We can carry our own water bottles and fill from water sources. > read article below, it is for the National Parks in USA but equally > applicable to us also ... In USA, the bottled water manufacturers are > lobbying the government to stop any law banning bottled water!! > > regards > Guru > > *Why Ban Plastic Water Bottles in National Parks?* > > The United States' national parks are popular. So popular, in fact, that > the National Park Service is having significant challenges dealing with the > waste generated by the hundreds of millions of people that make their way > through 85 million acres of national park land every year. > > In 2015, more than 305 million people visited > <https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/news/release.htm?id=1775> national parks, > easily eclipsing the all-time visitation record that the National Park > Service recorded in 2014. Around 365 of 409 parks recorded record > visitation numbers, and park officials see no reason to believe this trend > will not continue. > > Three hundred million people produce a lot of waste: over 100 million > pounds per year > <https://www.npca.org/articles/1292-study-reveals-lack-of-awareness-of-waste-challenges-facing-us-national>, > much of which consists of single-use plastic water bottles. To the > companies that bottle and sell water, often at over 2,000 times the cost > of tap water > <http://www.businessinsider.com/bottled-water-costs-2000x-more-than-tap-2013-7>, > those three hundred million people represent hundreds of millions of > opportunities to sell their product and, at an average of $1.50 per bottle, > billions of dollars in revenue. > > In the first half of this decade, national parks started to take proactive > steps to address the challenges that come along with more visitors, more > waste and more impact to the landscape and wildlife. Park service officials > were finding that one of the largest sources of trash in the parks was > single-use plastic water bottles. > <http://www.peer.org/news/news-releases/park-plastic-bottle-bans-work-but-remain-few-and-far-between.html> > > For a decade, Gina Macllwraith lived and worked in many of this country's > national parks, including Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona and Grand > Teton National Park in Wyoming. Her job was to make the parks more > sustainable for the companies that provide food and lodging and other > services to park visitors. > > a huge part of the waste stream," Macllwraith said. "There are so many > bottles it's ridiculous. It is a major challenge and it makes me mad that > [IBWA is] trying to prevent parks from dealing with it." > > In the parks where Macllwraith worked, they eliminated single-use plastic > water bottles and instead provided water stations and extremely affordable > reusable bottles for visitors. > > "We made sure we had a wide variety of price points so it wasn't > prohibitive to people to buy a reusable container. We made it to be as > cheap as buying a disposable bottle of water," she said. > > Zion National Park in Utah was the first to ban single-use plastic water > bottles > <https://www.nps.gov/sustainability/parks/downloads/GPP%20Success_ZION_bottles_4_17_12.pdf>, > followed shortly by Grand Canyon National Park. Twenty others soon > followed. And, according to National Park Service data, the bans worked. > <http://www.peer.org/news/news-releases/park-plastic-bottle-bans-work-but-remain-few-and-far-between.html> > > In Arches and Canyonlands National Park in Utah officials saw a 15 percent > reduction in their total waste stream and a 25 percent reduction in the > amount of material they had to haul to be recycled. In Grand Canyon > National Park in Arizona they saw a 20 percent reduction in their waste > stream and a 30 percent reduction in their recycling load and in Saguaro > National Park they had a 15 percent total waste reduction and a 40 percent > reduction in their recycling load. > > A recent study > <https://www.npca.org/articles/1292-study-reveals-lack-of-awareness-of-waste-challenges-facing-us-national> > by the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), found that more than > 35 percent of park visitors drink from disposable water bottles. And nearly > almost 80 percent of visitors would support the removal of single-use water > bottles in national parks if it would significantly help reduce waste. > > rest of the article is available on http://www.truth-out.org/news/ > item/38402-nestle-and-coca-cola-attempt-to-block- > national-parks-from-banning-bottled-water-sales > > > > > IT for Change, Bengaluru > www.ITforChange.net > > -- > 1. Webpage for this HindiSTF is : https://groups.google.com/d/ > forum/hindistf > Hindi KOER web portal is available on http://karnatakaeducation.org. > in/KOER/en/index.php/Portal:Hindi > > 2. For Ubuntu 14.04 installation, visit http://karnatakaeducation.org. > in/KOER/en/index.php/Kalpavriksha (It has Hindi interface also) > > 3. For doubts on Ubuntu and other public software, visit > http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/ > Frequently_Asked_Questions > > 4. 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