Many colleges and universities have banned the sale and distribution of bottled water on their campuses. Bottled water is allowed on campus, but the institution has decided not to sell or distribute bottled water on campus themselves. Hope College does not have a policy of banning plastic water bottles, however, they should. Plastic water bottles are harmful to the environment, are not as convenient as the free water provided by water fountains on campus, and do not contain better water than tap. Plastic water bottles are harmful to the environment in many ways; the first problem is through the manufacturing. According to filtersfast.com, “large amounts of other resources, like energy, oil and even water are depleted in the bottle manufacturing
