
Worker drinks a bottle of water while working outdoorsWorker drinks a bottle of water while working outdoors. (AP)
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— San Francisco Supervisor David Chiu’s plastic water bottle ban proposal was heard before a Board of Supervisors’ committee Monday. It’s now a step closer to becoming law and will be considered by the full board on March 4th.
The proposal, co-sponsored by Supervisor Eric Mar, would ban water sales in plastic bottles in sizes less than 21 ounces inside city buildings beginning in October, as well as at outside events where alternative water sources are available, by 2016.
READ MORE: 2 Arrested Following DUI Crash Involving Stolen Vehicle In NovatoChiu had previously said that the law is necessary to eliminate the excess waste created by the bottles and that trash collectors at his office pick up 10 to 15 million single-use bottles in a year.