This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Put public drinking water taps in every city, town and village in the UK
Having public drinking water taps in every UK city, town and village where anybody can refill water bottles would help reduce the wasteful resource use and environmental harm of bottling and transporting water and help reduce plastic waste and throwaway drinks cups.
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I've seen such public drinking water taps all over Cyprus put in by the British authorities in the 1950's. Please can the UK government do the same for us at home and help end the harmful blight of thrown away plastic bottles and cups littering and polluting our landscape.
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It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
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Installing public water fountains would be the responsibility of local authorities and water companies.
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