Take Back the Tap at St. Olaf College

Take Back the Tap at St. Olaf College 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

ions of dollars off of people’s fears, and privatized a commodity that should be free. Olaf Students, more than 60% of the participants could not differentiate between bottled water and tap water, or guessed wrong when asked to identify which was which. Is This Unprecedented? Macalester College and the College of St. Benedict have already issued campus-wide bans on bottled water, and a bottled water ban would strengthen St. Olaf College’s commitment to having students “be responsible and knowledgeable citizens of the world”. Who We Are:
Take Back the Tap is a subcommittee of the St. Olaf Environmental Coalition, with members across the student body. We can be contacted through [email protected]!

Brand new bottle filling stations installed in Ellingson Hall during renovations!
09/06/2013

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

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

Awareness about plastic bottles at the Minnesota State Fair!
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

The Monterey Bay Aquarium takes a stand against bottled water!
07/23/2012

The Monterey Bay Aquarium takes a stand against bottled water!

A water bottle exhibit at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
07/23/2012

A water bottle exhibit at the Monterey Bay Aquarium

Check this out!
06/15/2012

Check this out!

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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