Trump reversed a plastic water bottle ban in national parks.

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By Manola SecairaAug 22, 2017, 3:26 pm158 pts
And pretty much nobody is happy about it, except maybe Nestlé. Since 2011, 23 national parks had ended the sale of plastic water bottles to cut down on trash and litter. Before the ban took effect at the Grand Canyon, for example, water bottles made up 20 percent of the park’s total waste. But on Aug.…

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