To mark National Refill Day Network Rail has today announced that passengers have helped save the equivalent of 150,000 plastic bottles from landfill through the introduction of free drinking water fountains.
* Network Rail’s free drinking water initiative first launched in London Charing Cross in February this year and has since been expanded to nine of the country’s largest railway stations, including Liverpool Lime Street, Birmingham New Street, Manchester Piccadilly and London Euston, with each location saving the equivalent of up to 1,000 plastic bottles each week.
A further 11 stations are set to have water fountains by the end of the year, meaning passengers in Network Rail stations will have saved up to 368,000 plastic bottles by the end of 2018.
We are also actively encouraging retailers in our managed stations to provide free water to customers where they are able to.” Natalie Fee, founder and CEO of City to Sea, said: “It’s brilliant to have the support of Network Rail during National Refill Day.
People want to help stop plastic pollution, and Refill puts the power to do just that in peoples’ hands which is what we want to celebrate on National Refill Day.” “Its water fountain initiative is helping us to achieve our goal of making tap water more widely available in public spaces, and we hope that it will only go on to empower more millions of people to join the Refill Revolution.” The announcement also coincides with Recycle Week, which highlights the importance of sustainability issues and what we can all do to have a positive impact on the environment.
Network Rail will continue to work with City to Sea to reduce single use plastic and promote free access to drinking water.
To locate your nearest water fountain and find out when your nearest Network Rail managed station launches its water fountain, download City to Sea’s Refill app which is available now.
Leon Ritazza Benugo All Bar One Natural Kitchen Carluccios About City to Sea: Refill, City to Sea’s award-winning campaign to get people ditching single-use water bottles in favour of reusable bottles, is the UK’s leading ‘app for tap’ – connecting people looking for water with businesses, water fountains and transport hubs where they can refill for free on the go.
The Refill campaign was started by City to Sea, an award-winning community interest company (CIC) campaigning to stop marine plastic pollution at source.
https://www.nesta.org.uk/feature/new-radicals-2018/natalie-fee/ The Refill campaign works by connecting people who are looking for water with thousands of local business, transport hubs and public spaces using a free app.