Take Back the Tap at St. Olaf College

Take Back the Tap at St. Olaf College

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Our vision is to work to bring about a positive policy change at St. Olaf College. We seek to elimin Why? In a recent taste test survey of St. No.

In the U.S., plastic bottles create 2.7 billion pounds of plastic waste per year, 86% of which ends up in the garbage or as litter. On the hill, single use plastic bottles contribute to our waste stream in trashes, recycling, and litter. There is an enormous cost in petroleum to transport bottled water, when we have it already free on campus out of the taps. It supports an industry that makes bill

Mobile uploads 09/06/2013

Brand new bottle filling stations installed in Ellingson Hall during renovations!

April 2013 Newsletter 04/25/2013

The TBTT newsletter announcing to the community of St. Olaf College the changes being made on campus next year.

04/25/2013

Check your email from Greg Kneser this morning! Awesome news with Take Back the Tap--we are SO EXCITED! If you have any comments or questions you are welcome to post on our wall or email us at [email protected]! :) After we receive a lot of feedback we will begin compiling a FAQ for everyone. Thanks for all your hard work!

02/01/2013

Exciting news guys! Today, Take Back the Tappers and St. Olaf admin including Greg Kneser, Peter Abrahmson and Pamela McDowell (among others) met with admin from Macalester college in St. Paul to see how they eliminated bottled water from their campus!

Photos 08/25/2012

Awareness about plastic bottles at the Minnesota State Fair!

08/17/2012

HEY OLES! As you're starting the good ol' packing adventure, don't forget to bring your super-awesome-personal-liquid-transportation-apparatus. :D

Photos 07/23/2012

The Monterey Bay Aquarium takes a stand against bottled water!

Photos 07/23/2012

A water bottle exhibit at the Monterey Bay Aquarium

Colleges discourage single-use water bottles 06/15/2012

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Colleges discourage single-use water bottles Local colleges and universities hope to make it easier and more environmentally friendly for students and staff to drink water on campus. The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and St.

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