A ban on plastic water bottles recently went into effect at San Francisco International Airport in California. Travelers are expected to bring their own bottles, or purchase bottles made of glass or aluminum at the airport. The goal of this ban is to reduce the amount of plastic in landfills and to help fight climate change. Before the ban, an average of 9000 water bottles were purchased at this airport every day. San Francisco Airport hopes to become a zero-waste airport by 2021.

Key Takeaways:

• Travelers at the International San Francisco Airport of California are henceforth urged to bring their own bottled water or to purchase glass or aluminum containers at the airport.
• A moratorium on the sale of water bottles of less than a liter in size has gone into effect at the San Francisco airport.
• By adopting this and other environmentally friendly measures, the airport hopes to become the first zero-waste International airport by 2021.

“As consumers become increasingly educated about fossil fuels used to produce plastic and their contribution to climate change, private companies and local governments have begun adopting plastic waste initiatives.”

Read more: https://uk.reuters.com/article/usa-climate-waterbottles/us-airport-in-san-francisco-bans-small-plastic-water-bottles-in-bid-for-zero-waste-idUKL2N25G1LA