NEWS | Industry Updates Canary Wharf Group installs trackable water refill stations
From last month, workers and visitors to Canary Wharf were able to top up their water bottles on the go, thanks to seven new water refill stations installed in Canary Wharf’s shopping malls. The refill stations have been installed at Canada Place, Cabot Place, Jubilee Place, Churchill Place and Crossrail Place. The move is part of Canary Wharf Group’s ongoing commitment to sustainability and the
latest initiative in their #BreakingThePlasticHabit campaign, which last week saw the Estate set to become a plastic-free commercial community, an initiative from Surfers Against Sewage. The refill stations are part of a new breed of super-sturdy hygienic fountains supplied by
British firm MIW Water Cooler Experts, which earlier this year helped establish the London Drinking Fountain Fund as part of the #OneLess movement. MIW was also behind the drinking fountains installed in Borough Market, London Zoo, Wimbledon Tennis Club and Heathrow Airport. Some of the worrying statistics about plastic bottles include: • There are 38.5 million plastic bottles bought in the UK every day, but only just over half are recycled, while 16 million are put into landfill, burnt or leak into the environment and oceans each day.
• Plastic bottles can take up to 450 years to break down once they reach the sea. • Many of the popular bottled water brands consumed in the UK are transported hundreds of miles from their source, contributing to the 350,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere every year by the bottled water industry in the UK.
Steve Greig, co-managing director, Canary Wharf Management, said: “After making Canary
Wharf a clean coffee zone, tackling plastic straws, introducing a Deposit Return Scheme and set to become a plastic free commercial centre, this is a natural next step for us. We hope this helps even more people make the switch to carrying a reusable bottle. When you have an opportunity to save cost and the planet it’s an easy decision to make.”
Mike Winter, managing director of MIW Water Cooler Experts said: “Responsible organisations like Canary Wharf Group are showing that
where there’s a will there’s a way to tackle the scourge of plastic bottles. The solution is as simple as it was in Victorian times, when you’d find a drinking fountain on every street corner. The difference now is that the latest models of outdoor fountains are tougher, safer and more accessible than ever before. This will be the first time fountains which can track usage are installed in UK shopping malls, so it will be exciting to see how many single-use water bottles we are able to replace with refills.”
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