One National Park saved, 55 to go!
We won the fight against the sale of bottled water in the Grand Canyon. Now let's tackle the 55 National Parks that have yet to promise to go bottled water free!
Join us in our quest to rid ALL of our National Parks of bottled water. We'll deliver your signatures to all 55 National Park Directors. Share this petition widely with anyone who you know who cares about the future of our nation's remaining wild & free land.
To: Regional Directors, National Park Service
On December 14, 2011, your headquarters received a memo from National Park Director Jon Jarvis outlining the Disposable Plastic Water Bottle Recycling and Reduction Program. The memo outlined the various steps that your park would need to take in order to eventually eliminate the sale of plastic water bottles in the park, drastically reducing plastic waste pollution and littering. We urge you to take the necessary steps to become bottled water free.
Sincerely,
Concerned National Park Supporters & Visitors210 signatures
Keith Gordon signed Stop plastic water bottles from polluting the Grand Canyon!
2011-12-14 20:20:26 -0500
Coca Cola: Stop selling plastic water bottles in the Grand Canyon!
Join us in telling the National Park Service that we won’t stand for big corporations calling the shots in our nation’s parks, especially when it comes to plastic pollution. Ban the sale of plastic water bottles in the Grand Canyon!
To: Director of the U.S. National Park Service
From: Concerned citizens
Subject: Stop selling plastic water bottles in the Grand Canyon!The National Parks Service was weeks away from finalizing plans that would have eliminated the sale of plastic water bottles in the Grand Canyon, a plan that is popluar with the people and good for the environment. $300,000 has already been used to develop a series of refillable water stations around the park for the Grand Canyon’s 5 million annual visitors.
Yet despite popular sentiment and significant investment, the National Park Service is scrapping these plans. Coca-Cola has expressed its “preference” for expanding recycling programs rather than implementing the ban on bottles because it cuts into their profits. The National Park Service's duty is to preserve and protect the Grand Canyon for the public and to serve its visitors. It's not to preserve the profits of a corporation.
We won’t stand for big corporations calling the shots in our nation’s parks, especially when it comes to plastic pollution. Reinstate the ban on selling plastic bottles in the Grand Canyon.
Sincerely,
Concerned citizens323 signatures
