ABC Home | Radio | TV | News | Local | Environment | More Subjects… | Shop

Hot topics: australia, government-and-politics, sport, law-crime-and-justice, nsw, qld, community-and-society, states-and-territories, courts-and-trials, vic

Manly Council offers free filtered water to combat litter

Posted August 10, 2008 07:24:00

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."

Tags: conservation, local-government, nsw, manly-2095, sydney-2000

ABC News Online Investigative Unit

The ABC News Online Investigative Unit encourages whistleblowers, and others with access to information they believe should be revealed for the public good, to contact us.

  1. Taronga Park Zoo's baby Asian elephant is watched closely by mother Porntip Nuts for Mr Shuffles

    Taronga Zoo's "miracle" newborn elephant has keepers wrapped around his little trunk.

  2. Bollon resident Joyce Winks looks at her flooded property Banding together

    Queensland's recent floods brought widespread devastation, but also a renewed sense of community.

  3. Still from The Jetsons cartoon Fly like the Jetsons

    One of the most famous gadgets on the Jetsons cartoon series may soon become a reality.

  4. Computer keyboard Video Online boom

    The ever-increasing online consumer population is allowing focused business owners to make a fortune.