I saw it in the Brooklyn Paper and it’s big news in the Slope already especially among the Food Coop crowd: Thou Shall Not Sell Water Bottles at the Park Slope Food Coop.

As the oldest and most successful Food Coop in the US, this is a powerful stance and an influential message. The general election is in the spring and this measure will most likely pass without a problem. 

Note to the Coop’s 12,000 members: Just say No to Plastic H2O

The Park Slope Food Co-op is poised to ban the sale of bottled
water, reaffirming the supermarket’s status as a hotbed of
self-conscious environmentalism.

The ban, if approved by a vote
of the Co-op’s 12,000 members, would apply to all plastic and glass
bottles of water (though distilled and carbonated water would be
exempt).

Co-op General Manager Joe Holtz predicted the proposal
would pass this spring, thanks to the members-only supermarket’s
famously environmental ethos.

“Even my 11-year-old daughter is
aware of the transportation cost and energy waste that comes with
plastic bottles,” said Park Sloper and Co-op member Katia Righetti. “I
think everyone should start becoming aware of the problem.”

The
problem is this: 30 million or so bottles end up in landfills every
day, environmental experts say. The vast majority of the bottles are
made from petroleum — roughly 1.5 million barrels of oil a year, enough
to fuel 100,000 cars, according to the Earth Policy Institute.