In every major city in England, peple can drink free water in stead of buying water in a plastic bottle.
To reduce the wastes of plastic bottles is impotant in England.
Source;BBC news
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-42808302_____________________________________________
What it says
Shops, cafes and businesses will offer free water refill points in every major city and town in England by 2021 to reduce the water bottle.Environmental concerns are growing due to plastic wastes.Refill campaign has more than 1,600 refill stations across the UK and operates in 13 towns and cities in England.
Water companies already taking part in local schemes, for example, Bristol adopted the campaign and the city now has more than 200 refill points.
According to Water UK’s chief executive, industry want to tackle the problem caused by plastic bottle and UK has some of the best drinking water in the world. So they want everyone to benefit from this initiative.
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My response
In Japan, people usually buy beverage in a plastic bottle or a can at a convenience store or a vending machine though Japanese tap water are so clean that everyone can drink everywhere in Japan.I think water in a plastic bottle tastes better than tap water, so many Japanese people don’t drink tap water.
Considering the problem of plastic wastes, drinking tap water is admirable like UK new initiative. But I don’t think so, because in Japan, recycle system for plastic bottles has been developed greatly and Japanese people are more concerned about environmental problems. For example, after drinking water in a plastic bottle, they can throw it away into a designated trash box in order to recycle it. Plastic bottles are recycled into nwe plastic bottles again, the material for clothes, pellet for power generator materials, and so on.
Not only recycling plastic bottles, but also using eco-bag is helpful to solve the environmental problems. Eco-bag is used as a bag when they bring products their home after shopping. At a shop, they are sometimes given plastic bags, but when they bring eco-bag to a shop, they don’t need to get a plastic bag from a shop.
It is helpful preserving environment.Though the effort of one people is small, the the effects by many people is so huge.
I want more countries to be concerned about recycling.
Your response is quite interesting , however, you show an attention at different point from the main stream of story. In fact, I have some quite contradiction of your response, I had been read the research article about plastic bottle recycle for 7 year ago. They claimed that Plastic bottle structure would release one intermediate compound called Bisphenol-A every time once they are recycle by refilling water back or even re-construction. this chemical are very dangerous. it can cause the sever neurological damages and also play a role in carcinogenesis. in term of the taste, the water filled in the bottle is processed by a lot of step of purification such as reverse osmosis, UV treatment and so on. On the other hand, the water from tap station is treated only by reverse osmosis. so, the bottle water can make you fell delicious and refreshing you than the other one because of the higher purity and the static energy than water collected from every steps of purification.
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This topic is interesting because nowadays environmental problem is concerned by many people in the World. There are many harmful effects of using plastic bottles. Offering free water refill is a nice idea to cut waste but in my opinion, besides plastic bottle, we also should cut out other plastic item on our daily life. For example, reduce the use of straws, disposable coffee cups, chewing gum and clothes which are made from synthetic fabrics. If we collaborate to eliminate these plastic items, we will save the environment.
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