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Muhtar Kent, CEO: Stop selling disposable water bottles at Grand Canyon National Park
  1. Signatures
    118 out of 200
    Petitioning
    1. Muhtar Kent, CEO (Coca-Cola)
  2. Created By
    Deborah Patterson
    Baltimore, MD
About this Petition Petition Letter Petition Updates

The Grand Canyon had sought ban on disposable water bottles as part of its commitment to reduce the number of discarded plastic bottles in the park — plastic bottles account for roughly 30 percent of the park's total waste stream. Although the ban would have included only smaller bottles and would not have applied to other beverages such as soda or juice, a similar program instituted in Zion National Park in 2008 helped eliminate some 60,000 plastic bottles in the first year alone. Coca-Cola stepped in and told the Park that were the ban to be enacted, it would reduce or eliminate its support for the park system. This petition is to show support for the National Park system in their efforts to keep our parks clean, while also sending a message to large companies like Coca-Cola that they need to learn to work for the greater good of the whole, rather than simply for their bottom line.

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Ban the sale of disposable water bottles at Grand Canyon National Park

Greetings,

I just signed the following petition addressed to: Coca-Cola.

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Ban the sale of disposable water bottles at Grand Canyon National Park

The Grand Canyon had sought the ban as part of its commitment to reduce the number of discarded plastic bottles in the park — plastic bottles account for roughly 30 percent of the park's total waste stream. Although the ban would have included only smaller bottles and would not have applied to other beverages such as soda or juice, a similar program instituted in Zion National Park in 2008 helped eliminate some 60,000 plastic bottles in the first year alone. Coca-Cola stepped in and told the Park that were the ban to be enacted, it would reduce or eliminate its support for the park system. This ban is to show support for the National Park system in their efforts to keep the parks clean, while also sending a message to large companies like Coca-Cola that they need to learn to work for the interest of the whole, rather than simply for their bottom line.
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