I support and appreciate the initiative and motivation for reducing single use plastic water bottles, but I'm not convinced mapping this data is such a priority for a quarterly project right now.
Unsure if it differs across the UK, but I know here in Scotland I could pretty quickly find somewhere willing to refill my water bottle in any populated area (which makes this refill tagging most useful in more remote locations or for analysis/statistical purposes). Surely there's something more relevant we could prioritise with the currently ongoing epidemic in mind. On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 6:07 PM European Water Project < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Phil, > > 1) I carry a reusable water bottle with me all the time and I do fill up > when I am traveling. > > 2) 1 million water bottles are manufactured every minute in the world and > one third of plastic waste on beaches is water bottles . I added subtitles > to this French Brut video (with their permission). It gives an overview of > the water bottles plastic issue. > https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Mp6Gpq32xcxQ5OFfbI_gGELRAY4k6uV- > > 3) Your point about supermarket packaging is not so off topic. But, I > think it is important not to create opposition between two important > issues. Plastic packaging needs to be addressed as well. > > Combatting single-use plastic for water bottles has the advantage that > there is an readily available cheaper alternative - high quality TAP WATER > which everyone in Europe has access to (with very few exceptions). I hope > people who voluntarily adopt reusable water bottles will also become more > ecological conscious citizens and pressure supermarkets directly and > indirectly to reduce plastic packaging. > > 4) Refill UK has over 25,000 establishments and there are quite a few > parallel networks which are very similar. > > I agree 100% about the lack of transparency of Refill data. > > Best regards, > > Stuart > > > > > On Sun, 15 Mar 2020 at 18:31, Philip Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sat, 2020-03-14 at 18:59 +0100, European Water Project wrote: >> >> 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. >> >> >> I do understand you passion on the subject, although it does seem to me >> to be such a tiny problem in terms of plastic waste. >> >> How often do you take water when you leave home and need to refill it? >> >> I know this is going off-topic but a far bigger problem is the recent >> trend for supermarkets to go back to the 70s and sell fruit and vegetables >> in plastic packaging again, rather than weigh it at the checkout. >> >> This unnecessary food packaging is by far the bulk of the contents of my >> recycling box. >> >> >> With respect to the locations, there are about 25,000 in the UK and >> Northern Ireland. >> >> >> I think their lack of transparency is a big problem, licensing as >> opendata is one issue however the website doesn't even provide information >> in for personal use. >> >> What information they do provide suggests there are none in either >> Telford or Shrewsbury, or my small North Shropshire town. >> >> However I have since found stickers at three on cafes in my small town, >> there are only five in total, so quite a good uptake. >> >> Phil (trigpoint) >> >> _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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