Ann Arbor restaurants dump bottled water as part of nationwide effort

Some of Ann Arbor‘s biggest culinary names have signed on to a national petition to end the use of bottled water. The petition argues bottled water is adversely affecting the environment.

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Three Ann Arbor restaurants have signed on to a national program aimed ultimately at stopping the use of bottled water.

Weber’s Restaurant, Zingerman’s Roadhouse and Cafe Verde have pledged not to serve bottled “still” water – as opposed to carbonated water – and to help educate people to the economic and health benefits of tap water.

The nationwide effort is being led by Food & Water Watch, an advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. The effort focuses on the environmental damage that the group says is caused by millions of plastic water bottles, and on the quality, safety and low price of tap water.

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