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Channel News Asia writes about “New Thinking needed for bottled Water”
SINGAPORE: The ubiquitous bottle of mineral water that many of us can’t seem to do without — especially in this heat — has come under the spotlight following a rural Australian town’s decision last month to ban bottled water in its district.
And at home, Professor Tommy Koh, chairman of the Governing Council of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum, also touched on the hazards of importing and drinking bottled water in an article he co-authored for the PUB magazine, Pure.
In the article, Prof Koh urged the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources to write to all ministries, statutory boards, agencies, Temasek-linked companies and educational institutions to consider stopping the practice of serving bottled water.
Given the growing concern about the environmental impact of bottled water — among other things, discarded plastic bottles end up as litter or go into landfill — will businesses and organisations in Singapore review their use of bottled water?
The Public Utilities Board (PUB) said it is re-examining the ways it distributes Newater in order to reduce its use of plastic bottles.
Instead of giving out bottled Newater at events, one alternative being looked at is to use a water dispenser, a PUB spokeswoman told Today in response to queries on its use of plastic bottles for Newater.