Islington Tribune
Publications by New Journal Enterprises
spacer
  Home Archive Competition Jobs Tickets Accommodation Dating Contact us
spacer
spacer
spacer
spacer
spacer
spacer
spacer
Islington Tribune - LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Published: 10 October 2008
 
We haven’t bottled it

• YOUR columnist was right to highlight that bottled water represents a waste of money and resources (Will politicians have the guts to lose their bottle? October 3).
But when she reports that Islington Council is lagging behind others in the UK in introducing measures to discourage people from buying bottled water, she is totally wrong.
The council banned bottled water from our municipal offices in 2007, and we were among the first in the country to do so.
The environmental impact of shipping and bottling water was one big consideration. Buying water in bottles costs 500 times more than drinking from the tap, so this has also saved the council thousands of pounds a year on bottled water and coolers.
I hope other councils will now follow Islington’s example, and that restaurants and businesses will also drop the bottle.
Cllr Greg Foxsmith
Lib Dem executive member for the environment


Send your letters to: The Letters Editor, Islington Tribune, 40 Camden Road, London, NW1 9DR or email to letters@islingtontribune.co.uk. Deadline for letters is midday Wednesday. The editor regrets that anonymous letters cannot be published, although names and addresses can be withheld . Please include a full name, postal address and telephone number. Letters may be edited for reasons of space.

Comment on this article.
(You must supply your full name and email address for your comment to be published)

Name:

Email:

Comment:


 

 
 
 
 
spacer














spacer


Theatre Music
Arts & Events Attractions
spacer
 
 


  up