Why this grocery chain is ditching single-use bottled water

If you can get it from the tap, you can’t buy it in these Oregon and California supermarkets.

If you walk down the drinks aisle inside one of New Seasons Market’s Portland, Oregon, grocery stores later this month, you’ll notice something missing: A shelf that used to hold bottled water will be mostly empty, with plastic and glass bottles replaced by a smaller number of reusable bottles. Another empty shelf below it will be covered with a sign boosting reuse.

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