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OWSAG partners with blueW
to get free water refills

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The Ottawa Water Study/Action Group is excited to be partnering with blueW to get your favourite community businesses to promote tap water!

blueW is a unique community-based program dedicated to promoting municipal tap water as a healthy, easily accessible alternative to purchasing sugary, bottled drinks. blueW provides mapped details on where to find clean, free public and commercial sources to fill your reusable bottle without compelling people to make additional purchases.

Community participation is the most important part of blueW. By helping in your neighbourhood to sign up new blueW refill locations you help reduce plastic bottle waste, support the hard work of local municipal water suppliers, make water more accessible to the public, raise awareness about water issues, and help your community achieve its sustainability goals.

Learn how you can take part here!

September 13: Plastics Crisis Rally

What a fun time we had at the Plastics Crisis rally today! Incredible and moving speeches, singing and great street theatre.

Excellent to work with our friends at Extinction Rebellion Ottawa, Future Rising Ottawa, The Council of Canadians, Angela Keller-Herzog, Ecology Ottawa and Ottawa Raging Grannies to draw attention to this pressing issue and call on government leaders to act now!

See the photos below from the rally. Watch the videos on the fun street theatre and talks by OWSAG's Eric Schiller, Mia Beijer from Future Rising and Linda Mccourt from Extinction Rebellion Ottawa. You can also watch the videos from our Facebook page or YouTube channel.
"The bottled water industry promotes their product as a 'healthier' alternative to tap water.
But the fact is tap water in Canada is much more regulated than bottled water."
​~ Eric Schiller, OWSAG member
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