Hi Phil, I respect your opinion about the fit for the Quarterly Project. I don't know enough about the project criteria to have an opinion - even if I am passionate on the subject.
With respect to the locations, there are about 25,000 in the UK and Northern Ireland. The establishments don't sell reusable water bottles, they just offer free water bottle refill to everyone as part of the battle against single-use plastic. Maybe a call to map on an adhoc basis is more appropriate. I will report back with feedback on my call on Tuesday. Best regards, Stuart On Sat, Mar 14, 2020, 18:46 Philip Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, 2020-03-14 at 12:17 +0100, European Water Project wrote: > > Dear Jez, > > Gus Hoyt who was responsible at Refill UK (before being made redundant), > for all partnerships was a vocal proponent of collaboration and open data. > > Unfortunately, the Refill board has consistently voted to keep their data > proprietary to support their revenue model based on paid partnerships and > margins on Chilly bottles. > > On one hand, I am very impressed by the achievements Refill UK has made > and their significant impact in combatting single-use plastic so I really > hope them success. On the other hand, I think collaboration and open data > is a better model for the creation and maintenance of a global network of > water fountains and commercial establishments where anyone can refill their > reusable water bottle without creating single-use waste. > > I will send out call notes next week. > > They do seem very secretive about the locations of these outlets, there > appears to be no indication on their website even beyond there may be one > somewhere in this area. > > As it stands it does not appear to be a viable quarterly project. We have > no indication of how common these places are, or their geographical spread > meaning it is not a project all mappers can participate in. > > Also are these bottles just another 'single use' 'bag for life'? > > Like bags for life, their reuse is heavily dependent on them being > remembered next time, and most people forget to take them, or leave home > not realising they will even need them. > > Phil (trigpoint) > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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