New Water Bottle Refill Station Installed at Northam Burrows Visitor Centre

Pictured, left to right: Councillor Peter Hames, Mike Day (Lead Ranger), and Carl (Pebble Ridge Kitchen Chef).

Torridge District Council have installed a new water bottle refill station at the Northam Burrows Visitor Centre to help tackle plastic pollution. The refill station was part funded and supplied by Our Only World, a Cornish based charity set up to promote marine conservation. Partly made with recycled fishing nets, the refill station will help reduce single use plastics by enabling visitors to top up their re-usable bottles with drinking water.

It is estimated that one million plastic bottles are purchased every minute world-wide. While these are widely recycled many of them are not disposed of responsibly and often end up in the world's ocean where they are harmful to marine wildlife such as whales, dolphins and turtles.

Councillor Hames, Lead Member for Climate Change, Torridge District Council, said:

"Thank you to Our Only World for helping us deliver this project. Plastic pollution is one of the biggest problems facing the planet and we encourage visitors to the Northam Burrows to use the new station to help reduce our impact on the environment."

Tina Robinson from Our Only World said:  

"We are really proud to partner with Torridge District Council and the team at Northam Burrows Country Park. Together we can reduce single use plastic, promote sustainability and keep the community hydrated."

To find out more about Our Only World, click here to see their website: Our mission is to help restore ocean health | Our Only World. 

Oct 25