(UK) Plastic bottles: Free water refill points rolled out to cut waste

[nitpicker]

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-42808302

Plastic bottles: Free water refill points rolled out to cut waste

8 hours ago

Shops, cafes and businesses will offer free water refill points in every major city and town in England by 2021. Industry body Water UK says its scheme could cut disposable plastic bottle use by tens of millions a year. The move comes amid growing concern about the effect of plastic waste on the environment.

Whitbread, which owns Costa Coffee and Premier Inn, is the first to sign up to the initiative and will provide water in all of its branches from March 2018.

Refill stations and public fountains will be able to be found via an app or window signs pointing people in the direction of the nearest one.
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The new scheme has been set up on the back of a previous initiative, the Refill campaign, which currently has more than 1,600 refill stations across the UK and operates in 13 towns and cities in England. Water companies already taking part in local schemes under Refill include Anglian Water in Norwich, Northumbrian Water in Durham, South West Water in Cornwall and Bristol Water in Bristol.
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[erronis]

1. It's a great move. I don't remember the situation in the UK, but in the US

If we did something like this we'd better improve access to decent loos (pissoirs). They are few and far between!

[tymorial]

2. I hope people are washing their water bottles

While I am all for recycling and reducing plastics, water bottles need to be cleaned between uses. Between the release of chemicals as plastic degrades and bacteria colonies, reusing water bottles is really not healthy.