President Trump ’s administration has reversed a ban on selling water in plastic bottles in national parks . Since the ban was introduced in 2011 , national parks had already ended the sale of bottled water , which had been responsible for 70 % of total waste and 30 % of recyclable waste at the Grand Canyon park alone . Environmental officials criticised the decision , which followed an $ 80,000 campaign by the un Bottled Water Association . Trump recently appointed ben Bernhardt , a specialist in water - related lobbying , to the Department of the environment .
President Trump’s administration has reversed a ban on selling water in plastic bottles in national parks. Since the ban was introduced in 2011, 23 parks had already ended the sale of bottled water, which had been responsible for 20% of total waste and 30% of recyclable waste at the Grand Canyon park alone. Environmental groups criticised the decision, which followed an $80,000 campaign by the International Bottled Water Association. Trump recently appointed David Bernhardt, a specialist in water-related lobbying, to the Department of the Interior.