The Importance Of Banning Bottled Water In Schools
How can you ban bottled water? Many people drink bottled water every day. It is healthier than it’s also-bottled alternatives and is the biggest source of water publically. Recently, 68 colleges and universities across the US and Canada, as well as the entire city of San Francisco have banned bottled water. Yulee Middle School should not ban bottled water for many reasons. In the first place, compared to sodas and juices, which are also sold in plastic bottles, water is much healthier. The cities and colleges are banning bottled water, yet they forget about other bottled drinks, which make just as much of an effect as bottled water, if not more. The article Bottle Ban, it states that San Francisco is concerned that “people without
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While bottled water is packaged in plastic that may not always be recycled, Debate! Should sales of bottled water be banned from schools? confirms that the makers of bottled water say that plastic bottles make up a small portion of the nation’s total waste. Even if bottled water does produce some waste, other packaged drinks do as well, and they are more of a detriment to health than anything else. To help with waste, schools could instead put in recycling bins across campus instead of banning bottled water. It would allow students to enjoy bottled water as well as other drinks, but still care for the environment. While bottled water does produce a small amount of waste, it is not enough to start a problem, and if we are worried about water, we should take a closer look at other areas and raise a red flag over issues worth mentioning. Although San Francisco and many colleges have banned bottled water, should YMS? No, the banning of bottled water would create more problems than it’s worth and we would need enough stations and fountains of good, clean water to supply a whole school. YMS has other beverages sold in a bottle, and a water supply that is complained about by the entirety of the student body. There would need to be many changes to prevent a problem that isn’t real. If it’s not broke, don’t fix it, and the sales of bottled water definitely aren’t
While bottled water is packaged in plastic that may not always be recycled, Debate! Should sales of bottled water be banned from schools? confirms that the makers of bottled water say that plastic bottles make up a small portion of the nation’s total waste. Even if bottled water does produce some waste, other packaged drinks do as well, and they are more of a detriment to health than anything else. To help with waste, schools could instead put in recycling bins across campus instead of banning bottled water. It would allow students to enjoy bottled water as well as other drinks, but still care for the environment. While bottled water does produce a small amount of waste, it is not enough to start a problem, and if we are worried about water, we should take a closer look at other areas and raise a red flag over issues worth mentioning. Although San Francisco and many colleges have banned bottled water, should YMS? No, the banning of bottled water would create more problems than it’s worth and we would need enough stations and fountains of good, clean water to supply a whole school. YMS has other beverages sold in a bottle, and a water supply that is complained about by the entirety of the student body. There would need to be many changes to prevent a problem that isn’t real. If it’s not broke, don’t fix it, and the sales of bottled water definitely aren’t