After calling for a study on bottled water in 2007, in 2008, the conference came out against bottled water which consumes 1.5 million barrels of oil per year to produce its plastic bottles.
In 2007, the conference requested a study on bottled water. In 2008, they took a stand against bottled water, citing that it consumes 1.5 million barrels of oil per year for its plastic bottle production.