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U of G students want to ban plastic water bottles Today. “I just feel a sense of urgency about environmental issues, I just want the university to see that there is a significant call for it.”
THE DEBATE IS NOW ON CAMPUS
S e v e r a l O n t a r i o u n i ve r s i t y campuses have already banned the sale of bottled water on campus, including Queen’s, Trent, and Ryerson.
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STUDENTS ARE CALLING to ban
the sale of all bottled water on campus in order to maintain the University of Guelph’s environmental integrity. U of G student Megan MacKinnon has been pushing to keep this issue in the spotlight by creating an online petition, according to an article in Guelph Today. “Because of the environmental and ethical concerns, more and more cities, companies, and university campuses are making the decision to go plastic-free. Please sign this petition if you believe the University of Guelph should be among them,” the online petition reads. The petition, which now has over 1,000 signatures, is set to be delivered in letter format to the University of Guelph president, Dr. Franco J. Vaccarino. “Every day I’m on campus and I see all this garbage being produced, not necessarily being recycled, not necessarily separated,” said MacKinnon in an interview with Guelph
However, the issue of bottled water is not a new concern; U of G’s Central Student Association (CSA) has been making efforts to make the university a bottled water-free campus since 2007. In 2012, the CSA held a referendum that saw 78 per cent of voters in favour of banning bottled water sales on campus, according to Guelph Today. Current students on campus also feel the same way about the bottled water debate. In an interview with The Ontarion, U of G student Sabrina Ramroop said that it’s the small steps we need to take to achieve greater accomplishments. “The garbage we produce that is going to landfills is getting worse, and ultimately something has to be done to spark change. I think this is a good first step for U of G,” said Ramroop. The Ontarion also asked U of G student Tyler Baxby how he would
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Ed Townsley, the executive director of Hospitality Services at U of G, told Guelph Today that the University hasn’t banned the sale of bottled water for a number of reasons, including the idea of choice. “The whole notion of banning a product in general doesn’t sit well with us,” Townsley told Guelph Today. Still, Hospitality Services has partnered with the CSA to educate the consumer and made reusable water bottles and coffee mugs available on campus.
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The Ontarion spoke to integrative biology professor, Dr. Glen Van Der Kraak, to ask him what he thinks about banning bottled water sales on campus, and what impacts this would have on the environment as a whole. “The environmental effects of bottled water have consistently been negative, mostly in regards to the amount of CO2 emissions that are created in the typical life of a water bottle.”
“We have high quality tap water in Guelph, and people should be encouraged to drink that over bottled water,” Van Der Kraak added.
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Ac c o rd i n g to G l o b a l News , the U.S. Container Recycling Institute estimates about 30 million plastic water bottles are thrown away every day, instead of being properly put into recycling containers.
Van Der Kraak further explains that the amount of energy and carbon dioxide emissions required to produce the water bottles, transport them to campus, keep the bottles cold, and recycle the bottles, is quite a lot.
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react if there was a ban on bottled water sales on the U of G campus: “I think it would be a positive first step to reduce our environmental footprint in our Gryphon community.” Baxby added that if we have a chance to reduce the pollution, we are reducing the chance of damaging vital parts of our environment, including plants. “We rely on plants for survival, if pollution puts these at risk, you can imagine how problematic that would be for our environment,” said Baxby.
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