Washington University in St. Louis is cutting sales of disposable plastic water on campus.

“It costs society a lot more in energy and expense to bottle water than to have students head for the nearest hallway drinking fountain,” said Mat Malten, Washington University’s Assistant Vice Chancellor for Sustainability.

Coca-Cola, maker of Dasani, will stop selling bottled water in almost all campus locations by the end of the fall semester.  A few locations will continue to carry the bottled water until next spring due to contractual obligations.

In an email interview with the Central Florida Future.com, Malten said “We estimated that, for the same amount of bottled water we purchased last year (more than $100,000), the cost of the same volume of tap water would have been less than $50.00.

Kudos to Matt Malten and Washington University for their common sense!!!