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RIT’s Ban on Bottled Water

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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at RIT chapter.

President Destler announced new ban on bottled water sales on-campus on August 31.
Over the next 6 months, bottled water will be phased out of all on-campus locations. The ban was put into action as part of the RIT sustainability plan, which aims to make a “greener” campus.
“In a time when we are increasingly mindful of the rising cost of education, it is difficult to justify spending university funds on bottled water,” said Destler in a letter to the RIT community. “Especially when our tap water is free and of very high quality.”
School departments, as well as student groups and organizations can no longer purchase single-serving bottled water with university funds. They can get bulk amounts of water for events, but not in bottled form.
RIT will also be adding new water dispensers, like the ones in the NTID buildings, to help encourage students to start using their own re-usable water bottle.
The RIT sustainability website states that “This policy has been developed to minimize the non-essential use of bottled water.” 

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Jenna is an Advertising and Public Relations student at RIT, minoring in Marketing. She is a cupcake lover (although she loves how they look more than they taste), advocate of Breast Cancer education and awareness, sister of ZTA and assistant at RIT Sports Information. She loves wedding blogs, sailing, photography, bright colors, nail polish and a new pair of Sperry Top Siders. She has traveled to Spain, Israel, Italy, Greece, Croatia, Germany and Canada- with Spain and Israel being her favorites outside the U.S. Within the states, Jenna loves Rhode Island (especially the town of Watch Hill); Seattle, Washington; and Dallas, Texas. Although she is from the Garden State, Jenna hates the Jersey shore but does love to fist pump once in a while and hopes to move to Texas after graduation. With three PR internships as well as an advertising one under her belt, Jenna hopes to persue a career in either of these fields... or wedding planning, but she can keep dreaming.