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VIDEO: H2-No: town bans bottled water sales
10 Jul 2009 03:15:00 GMT
Source: Reuters
Jul 09 - A small Australian town has become the first in the country - possibly the first in the world - to ban the sale of bottled water in favour of using reusable containers.

Sonia Legg reports.




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