The small town of Bundanoon, Australia, has set a great policy precedent, banning bottled water within the town. Its not just the policy that’s great, but the way it was made – with the input of local residents and businesses – and they way in which the polic is being integrated at a municipal level – the ban is accompanied by the installation of water fountains. Green, progressive, community driven – great.
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It would suck if they had a wild fire and all the water pressure let out. No water. But then again, when was the last time there was a wild fire in Australia?
Stupid really – who wants a nanny state?
It’s a question of choice.
I agree that bottled water is an environmental blight and those that purchase it is rather stupid (its tap water for the most part morons).
I’d be behind them if they implemented that changes without the banning…
Did they also ban other drinks in plastic bottles, or just water?
If just water, then it’s kinda silly because the person will just buy a coke instead.
CWTF: I’m thoroughly against the nanny state. But – I’m aslo for effective, lightweight policy making to achieve meaningful social goals that the market might otherwise disregard.
The bottom line is that the to-the-consumer cost of bottled water will never adequately reflect the externalities that stem from its production, transportation, and disposal of waste – thus an opportunity for policy. Similar situation with catalytic converters on cars, or low flow shower heads.
I know that policy-making that restricts choice doesn’t comfortably fit into small-c conservative ideology, but as I’ve noted elsewhere, I’d argue that were at the juncture where “conservatism” needs to replace small government with smart government that serves conservative goals better in the longer term.
That is to say, I see something like banning bottled water as inherently conservative because it uses a simple policy tweak today to offset a future policy nightmare (environmental degradation).