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Fairmont Hotel in Vancouver Sells Water Bottles, Promotes Tap Water

fairmont bottle imageIt is bright, sunny and beautiful in Vancouver, the sun is reflecting off all that snow and the air is cool and dry. People can get dehydrated in those conditions and often reach for a bottle of water. But at the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel, people have an option: Fresh mountain water, in bottles now for sale beside the bottled, imported stuff. As a chain, Fairmont is usually ahead of the pack on environmental issues, and the manager says "Our research shows that, on average, a guest produces one kilogram of waste each night, mostly composed of beverage and paper product, so we continue to look for ways to reduce waste and identify [...]