Recently, San Francisco became the first city in America to ban the sale of plastic water bottles. Of course, this only applies to city-owned property, but there is hope that other similar bans will spread across other environmentally-friendly cities.
Introduced in 2014 by State Assemblyman David Chiu, the ordinance passed unanimously and set in motion a slow phasing out of the water bottle. New regulations in the ban prohibit the sale on events within city property, and government agencies themselves cannot purchase bottled water either.
Violators of the ban will be fined up to $1000 if they are found selling bottled water on city property, but retailers can do as they please.
