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BRING BACK PUBLIC DRINKING FOUNTAINS, PROVIDE PUBLIC WITH WATER, REDUCE PLASTIC

Submitted on Sunday 18th March 2018

Rejected on Thursday 22nd March 2018

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)

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BRING BACK PUBLIC DRINKING FOUNTAINS, PROVIDE PUBLIC WITH WATER, REDUCE PLASTIC

Petition Details

The consumption of clean water is a basic human needs and as such should be freely available to all members of society. There should be clean water available for the public in towns and cities in the UK. Millions of plastic bottles end up in landfills, or decomposing in oceans,fish, then us.

Additional Information

The evidence for the danger of the breakdown of plastic is overwhelming,
both in terms of damage to the environment and the food chain and even in human bodies. This is an unknown health hazard and any efforts to reduce the use of plastic will be beneficial.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43388870
http://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_pollution
https://www.lifewithoutplastic.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42264788
http://www.sciencemag.org/tags/plastic-pollution
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-03104-3
https://plasticoceans.org/the-facts/
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/25/new-network-of-water-refill-points-aims-to-reduce-englands-plastic-waste


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

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