Just when you might think the “big guys” are not listening. A major health care chain in the Midwest will stop offering bottled water at its 20 hospitals starting Sunday. SSM is among the first health care chains in the nation to take such a step toward reducing bottled water. How many bottles will be eliminated?
The answer is more than one-half million bottles. SSM health care is sponsored by the Franciscan Sisters of Mary, and the move supports their earth preservation stance of respecting, appreciating and living in harmony with creation.
This is definitely a step in the right direction. The push towards using less plastic is being brought before the Austin, TX city council. Austin is following the lead of Seattle and San Francisco, to name just a few cities, who have banned bottle water. Hopefully, if this trend continues in local government across the nation, then the issue of viruses entering our drinking supply will become a more prominent issue.
[image source: SSM]
