Council weighs plan to eliminate plastic bottles at City Hall

From statesman.com, May 22, 2008...

Now would be a good time to find the drinking fountain at Austin City Hall.

At today's meeting, City Council members will consider a crackdown on plastic water bottles inside the city's copper-coated headquarters. People would still be allowed to bring in bottled water, but it would no longer be provided by the city for meetings or other events.

The resolution, authored by Council Member Lee Leffingwell and supported by Council Member Brewster McCracken and Mayor Will Wynn, also asks City Manager Marc Ott to explore other ways to eliminate bottled water from city operations and report back in 120 days.

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