CUPE wants bottled water banned

By News Staff

Posted Apr 26, 2010 1:24 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

The Canadian Union of Provincial Employees is calling on the Alberta government to ban the sale of bottled water in provincial facilities.

That would follow the lead of Nova Scotia, whose premier has asked environment officials to develop such a policy.

CUPE Alberta President Denis Mol says the ban would be a great strike against the pollution created by millions of plastic water bottles and a real endorsement of the province’s municipal water systems.

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