San Francisco International Airport is adding plastic water bottles to its list of restricted food service items as part of an effort to become the world's first zero-waste airport by 2021
, that means diverting at least 90% of waste from landfills and incinerators by recycling and composting.Purified water, carbonated or sparkling water, mineral water and electrolyte-enhanced water are all officially banned. This means airport vendors, including vending machines, can no longer sell or provide free bottled water in a plastic bottle, a sealed box, can or other container intended primarily for single-service use and having a capacity of 1 liter or less.
, according to the airport. Travelers also have the option of bringing empty disposable plastic water bottles to fill up at any of the airport's approximately 100 free water fountains and hydration stations.Critics may wonder if the new water-bottle ban is truly green or just greenwashing -- falsely conveying that environmental responsibility has been factored into its operations.
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