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POLL: What's Your Take on Concord's Bottle Ban?

Take our poll or share your thoughts in the comment section below.

Oh Concord, you've done it again; fired another shot heard 'round the bottled beverage world.

By 39 votes, the third session of annual Town Meeting last night voted to in single-serving polyethylene terephthalate (PET) water bottles of less than 1 liter (34 ounces). 

The town's been down this road before. In 2010, Town Meeting voted in support of a similar ban, but that one was . Petitioner .

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This time around, enforcement provisions were written into the bylaw and officials say they expect it to pass muster at Martha Coakley's office. If that happens, come Jan. 1, 2013, Concord could become the first town in the country to actually ban the sale of single-serving PET bottled water.

So, with that in mind, we want to know, What's your take on Concord Town Meeting voting (again) to ban the sale bottled water? Take our poll or let us know in the comment section below.

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