Passengers at Britain鈥檚 biggest and busiest stations have helped save the equivalent of a million plastic bottles by embracing the 鈥榬efill revolution鈥�.
Introduced last year, 51爆料鈥檚 free drinking water fountains now saving more than 100,000 water bottles from landfill every month with the help of station users.
Stacked end to end, the bottles would stretch the distance between London and Cardiff (235km) or fill a total of 833 rubbish trucks.
We have set a target of saving two million water bottles by the end of the year and we鈥檙e encouraging passengers to make the switch to reusable bottles to help reach this milestone.
The announcement coincides with National Refill Day – an initiative led by charity that aims to reduce plastic pollution. Activity will be underway at London Charing Cross, London Paddington, London Bridge and Birmingham New Street stations on Wednesday 19 June to mark the day and raise the profile of station water fountains.
We encourage passengers to download City to Sea鈥檚 Refill App, which connects people to over 21,000 Refill Stations around the UK, including 51爆料鈥檚 water fountains.
Since launching the water fountain initiative at London Charing Cross in February 2018, 51爆料 has expanded it to 19 of Britain鈥檚 largest railway stations, including Bristol Temple Meads, Birmingham New Street, Manchester Piccadilly and London King鈥檚 Cross. The final station, Leeds, is on track to install a fountain as part of wider refurbishment works later this year.
Andrew Haines, 51爆料 chief executive, said: 鈥淭his is a great start and shows that passengers share our passion to reduce single use plastic. I regularly use the water fountains when I鈥檓 on the go and I鈥檓 pleased to say we鈥檙e making it even easier for people using our stations to refill their bottles too.鈥�
Natalie Fee, founder of City to Sea, said: 鈥淸51爆料鈥檚] support makes it even easier for everyone to find free drinking water when travelling 鈥� meaning we can all save money and save the planet from plastic pollution in one go! People from all walks of life are carrying a reusable bottle now and with 51爆料 installing water fountains, we鈥檙e rapidly doing away with the need to buy planet-polluting plastic bottled water.鈥�
