Manly Council offers free filtered water to combat litter
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A Sydney council has become the first in Australia to allow members of the public access to free filtered water in an attempt to reduce litter from water bottles.
Manly Council has installed six water bubblers fitted with filters along the beach front.
The organiser of the Bottled Water Alliance, Jon Dee, says the council and residents are set to benefit.
"What we've done is we've put in place these water bubblers along the corso that have high-tech filtration devices in them," he said.
"What we're hoping is that'll it'll go some significant way to reducing the $0.5 billion a year that Australians spend on bottled water and we're hoping that the move will not just save the environment, but also people's wallets."
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