KAMEOKA, Kyoto -- A municipality in Kyoto Prefecture is working to reduce plastic waste -- particularly single-use plastics -- by setting up more locations around the city where people can fill their reusable bottles with water for free.
The Kameoka city government hopes that increasing the number of water bottle filling stations will lead to more people using reusable water bottles and reducing the number of discarded plastic bottles. The endeavor has, so far, proved fruitful as there are now about 90 filling stations around the city and an almost 70% increase in the number of people seen carrying reusable bottles.
