Venice Calls to drink from public fountains
From the Guardian, we point out that today in Venice part of a common inviting tourists and Venetians drinking fountains by the public. Nearby Piazzale Roma will be distributing a kit containing an empty bottle and a map with the location of 122 fountains throughout the city.
The invitation is to fill the bottle with fountains without fear, chemical tests printed on the label of the bottle it should reassure the faltering. But above all, the recommendation is to use the same bottle during their stay and not to disperse the plastic after use. If you believe that almost 20 million tourists visit each year, the city… seems a sensible!