Starting August 20, you won't be able to buy a plastic bottle of water at San Francisco International Airport as a city-wide ban on single-use plastic bottles being sold on city property takes effect.
In preparation for the ban, airport officials have installed 'hydration stations' like the one above to allow easy refilling of refillable permanent bottles—or any officially non-refillable bottle you have with you. The ban, passed in 2014 and now in full effect, applies only to sales on city property.
With increasing attention worldwide to issues of waste disposal, plastic and more, the airport has a goal of eliminating 90% of its contribution to landfills by 2021.
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