National Park Service ends policy encouraging parks to ban plastic water bottle sales [View all]

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Source: The Hill

The National Park Service has ended a policy encouraging national parks to end the sale of plastic disposable water bottles that was aimed at reducing pollution and plastic waste.

In a statement, the NPS said they were lifting the policy to “expand hydration options for recreationalists, hikers, and other visitors to national parks.”

“While we will continue to encourage the use of free water bottle filling stations as appropriate, ultimately it should be up to our visitors to decide how best to keep themselves and their families hydrated during a visit to a national park, particularly during hot summer visitation periods,” acting National Park Service director Michael T. Reynolds said in the statement.

According to the NPS, only 23 of the 417 NPS sites had implemented the policy, which was put into place under former President Obama.

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/347211-national-park-service-ends-policy-encouraging-parks-to-ban-plastic

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Now that the government agencies have been taken over by lobbyist ---------------lets now turn everything into one big pile of plastic sh*t.

That's what I want to see on a hiking trail in a national park a f*cking plastic bottle, and some critter getting it's head stuck or have a plastic ring around a foot or claw.....................way to f*cking go

David Bernhardt is a complete ass**** lobbyists

Senate Confirmation votes: 53 - 43