Legislation aims to keep New Hampshire water out of plastic bottles

Legislation aims to keep New Hampshire water out of plastic bottles

House Bill 1141 would prevent the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services from issuing new permits for groundwater extraction and bottling in vessels that contain any percentage of plastic. (Getty Images)To reduce waste and protect groundwater, Rep. Tony Caplan has his eye on a familiar culprit: plastic water bottles.  “Plastic right now is a huge problem,” Caplan, a Democrat from Henniker, said in an interview. As proposed, House Bil…