Emeryville Signs on to Anti-Bottled Water Campaign

Emeryville joins Corporate Accountability International and others to promote tap water as safer and more environmentally conscious. The campaign encourages cities to stop using public money to buy bottled water for its offices and to press for greater disclosure of where the water comes from that goes into the bottles, though the pledges vary based on what each city decides.

Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson said, "When I see people at the airport go over to a vending machine and waste their money buying bottled water at the vending when it's standing right next to a water faucet, you really have to wonder at the utter stupidity and the responsibility sometimes of American consumers."

Others who have joined the campaign include Boston and Salt Lake City, San Leandro, and Chez Panisse restaurant, run by celebrity chef Alice Waters in Berkeley, Calif.,

Source: Business Week