SALT LAKE CITY — Mayor Rocky Anderson has asked the city staff of 400 to stop buying and drinking bottled water for public meetings and office events and to use tap water instead, according to a December 15 story from the Salt Lake Tribune.
Anderson told city department heads in a memo that the manufacturing of plastic water bottles consume over 10 million barrels of oil year and 80 percent of the bottles end up in landfills, the article said.
Anderson's memo also said, "One has to wonder why anyone would transport French or Swiss water for consumption in Salt Lake City … As leaders in our community, we must support activities that do not diminish local resources, waste taxpayers' money or unnecessarily add to the production of dangerous greenhouse gases," the story reported.
The mayor's staffers now drink water from glasses and carafes, and the Public Utilities Department has ordered reusable water bottles adorned by the slogan "only tap water delivers," according to the article.
The mayor's request is not being enforced, but only suggested, the story said.
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