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City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York City
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Bill Would Codify City Government Ban on Single-Use Plastic Water Bottles

Legislation introduced in the City Council last week would stop government agencies from buying water in plastic bottles smaller than one gallon. The ultimate goal is to use water coolers or water packaged with paper cartons and aluminum instead.

Fragments of plastic often wind up in our bodies and can cause a wide range of health issues. It’s also bad for the environment: plastic is made from climate-change inducing fossil fuels like oil. “When you drink a bottle of Fiji water, you might as well be drinking a bottle of oil,” said one of the bill’s sponsors, Councilmember Erik Bottcher.

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