A million plastic bottles are bought worldwide every minute, and annual consumption is expected to surpass half a trillion bottles by 2021. Khan’s predecessor, Boris Johnson, also announced “a new era of public fountains” in 2008, but did not follow through. “Water fountains are not a facility we currently have in stations and there are currently no plans to do so,” the spokesperson said. While O’Connell said he welcomed the plans from the London mayor, he warned that promises to boost the number of water fountains had been made before, to little effect. “There is a lot of waste caused by single-use plastic and it’s a basic human need to have drinking water,” he said.

Source: The Guardian December 04, 2017 06:00 UTC