Peterborough will phase in a ban on the sale of bottled water at municipal facilities over the next several years, city council decided Monday night.

It’s a way to promote the municipality’s clean, potable water and to show that the city cares about the environment, Coun. Dean Pappas said, adding that it takes 1.5 million barrels of oil to produce plastic bottles for water in the United States each year.

“It’s a public service that’s being slowly privatized. What are we going to pay for next? Air?” Pappas said.

A Nestle Canada representative urged council to work with the company on recycling initiatives rather than banning the sale of bottled water in municipal facilities.

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From the Peterborough Examiner- May 4, 2010