London Testing a New Way to Refill Your Water Bottle

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London Testing a New Way to Refill Your Water Bottle

http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/40576

From: Mary Catherine O'Connor

Published October 12, 2009 07:31 AM

This article relates to miller because when bottles are thrown out they either are dumped in land fills, recycled or burned. When they are burned it gives off carbon dioxide and harmful toxins as well. If they are dumped in landfills they sit there for over 500 years until they decompose. Unless recycled water bottles are harmful for the environment.

This specific article is taken place in London, England, although dumping and burning or water bottles is done all over the world.

London is testing a new-tech "fountain" to do just that in an effort to reduce the number of water bottles in trash. The refilling stations—called Hydra Chills—are being installed this month at the Hammersmith bus station and at the Tower Bridge museum. The machines can fill bottles of up to 500 milliliters (about 17 ounces) with chilled water—but not for free. There is a 20 pence charge to use the machines, and this will be donated to Waste Watch, a UK environmental nonprofit.

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