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Borough Market to phase out plastic
bottle sales with free fountains
London’s historic food market also
aims to achieve zero landfill with biodegradable packaging and compostable
leftovers
Rebecca Smithers Consumer affairs correspondent
Wednesday 23 August 2017 07.01 BST Last modified on
Wednesday 23 August 2017 22.00 BST
London’s Borough Market is to introduce free drinking water
fountains as part of a new pledge to phase out sales of all single-use plastic
bottles over the next six months.
The renowned foodie haven – the only fully independent
market in the capital – is aiming to become the UK’s biggest food shopping
destination that is entirely plastic-free.
The market aims to make all other packaging used by its 114
traders over the 51,272 sq ft site near London Bridge biodegradable and
compostable, helping it to achieve zero waste to landfill. Its overall mission
is to put every leftover piece of food or packaging to the best possible use.
The market will also announce it is phasing out the sale of
water in single-use plastic bottles – for sale at the market as well as in
cafes and chains on its fringes – and offering free drinking water from newly
installed fountains instead.
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A recent Guardian campaign revealed that 38.5m plastic
bottles are bought in the UK every day, of which just over half are recycled.
At the same time, 16m are put into landfill, burned or otherwise leak into the
environment and oceans each day. Plastic bottles can take up to 450 years to
break down once they reach the sea.
“It’s great that people are increasingly aware of the health
benefits of keeping hydrated, but we’ve been troubled to see increasing numbers
of plastic bottles used every day, which damage the environment and add to
litter,” said Darren Henaghan, managing director of Borough Market.
“By using the new Borough fountains our visitors will be
able to refill and refresh without having to buy a plastic bottle each time. We
are proud to take this significant step forward as part of our ongoing
commitment to making Borough Market Britain’s greenest place to shop and hope
that others will follow suit.”
The fountains placed around the market will mean that
visitors are never more than a short walk away from free drinking water. Each
has two streams of water to drink from and one to refill reusable water
bottles. Plans are currently in place to produce Borough Market refillable
bottles made from recycled plastic that can be purchased from stalls around the
market.
Borough Market is known as the hub of London’s world-class
food scene although its history goes back centuries. In June it resumed trading
11 days after three men mounted an attack in and around the market’s bars and
restaurants which killed eight people.
Thousands of tourists flow through the market every day,
sampling gourmet food from the UK and around the globe at more than 100 shops,
stalls and restaurants, alongside a handful of traditional market traders still
selling fruit and veg.
The amount of waste from single-use plastic bottles in
London has risen out of control, according to a recent report from the London
assembly environment committee. It is calling on the mayor to consider
introducing a deposit return scheme and provide free tap water as an
alternative
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