PLASTIC BOTTLES
Londoners flock to new water fountains
Water fountains are a simple but effective way to encourage Londoners and visitors to ditch plastic bottles and instead refill reusable ones
Baked by a blazing summer and keen to reduce their use of plastic bottles, Londoners are welcoming a scheme to re-introduce drinking-water fountains across the British capital. Four have already been installed and one of them, off 1960s fashion hotspot Carnaby Street, has been used more than 10,000 times a month this summer, the office of London mayor Sadiq Khan said on Tuesday. Now 16 more are planned in 2018 for locations such as Windrush Square, in areas including Brixton, Paddington, Southwark and Kensington. Public drinking fountains were common in London in the Victorian era but have since made way for plastic bottles, with the average adult buying more than three a week, according to Khan’s office. "Water fountains are a simple but effective way to encourage Londoners and visitors to ditch plastic bottles and instead refill reusable ones," said Khan. "Some of these are already attracting thousands of visitors a day and city hall is working on plans to secure many more." Khan’...
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