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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Eleanor Sly

Venice tells tourists to ditch water bottles and drink from fountains

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Tourists to Venice are being urged to ditch single-use plastic water bottles and drink from fountains, in the latest attempt from local government to cut down on pollution.

Tourism is responsible for up to 40 per cent of the waste produced in the Italian city, the local council told AFP.

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