A student walks through a sculpture made of empty water bottles on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 in Burlington, Vt. The University of Vermont is preparing to ban the sale of bottled water on its Burlington campus. The school is holding a "bottled water retirement party" Wednesday that will be highlighted by the unveiling of what's being called a "monument to waste" eco sculpture made from 3,000 empty water bottles. The ban takes effect on Jan. 1.(AP Photo/Toby Talbot)
