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Water UK Press Release – National Refill Day   Press release   Environment  27 September 2018

  • 85% of the public are worried about the impact of plastic pollution
  • John Lewis and Morrison’s are the latest high street chains to sign up to provide free drinking water for all
  • Surge in use of reusable bottles amid concerns about the environment
  • A partnership between the water industry and City to Sea’s Refill campaign could save a billion bottles by 2025 with Refill Stations on every high street across the UK.

The UK public are being urged to ditch single use plastic water bottles and switch to a reusable water bottle as part of a national day of action to cut plastic pollution today (Thursday 27th September).

The first ever National Refill Day comes as it’s revealed that an overwhelming majority of the British public are concerned about plastic pollution. The survey, by One Poll commissioned by City to Sea, shows that 85% of the public are worried about the impact of plastic pollution in the environment, and indicates that more people than ever are switching to reusable bottle instead of buying bottles of water in shops. 80% of people surveyed this month now use a reusable water bottle, at least sometimes, when outside the home. 44% of people using a reusable bottle have made the switch in the last 2 years and 18% have switched in the last year.

However, there are still barriers to people carrying a reusable bottle – the research showed that more people in the UK would ask to refill a reusable bottle (even if not making a purchase), if they knew where they could fill up for free. 33% of people still feel very or somewhat uncomfortable asking to have their reusable bottle filled when NOT making a purchase.

In the UK 7.7 billion plastic water bottles are used each year, with the average person in the UK now using 150 plastic water bottles every year – that’s more than 3 a week. Many are discarded, and end up polluting our rivers and seas. Staggeringly if just 1 in 10 Brits refilled just once a week, we’d save around 340 million plastic bottles a year.

Refill, City to Sea’s award-winning campaign to get people ditching single-use water bottles in favour of reusable bottle, 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.

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