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Sharing Drinking Water Locations

it's hot in bangkok, and most people here (travelers and residents) buy drinking water in disposable plastic bottles. i'm always trying to encourage friends to use refillable bottles instead, but they don't know where they can refill their bottles when they are out and about. we've just started this map and will be adding to it to make it a little easier to avoid single-use plastics. 

 

https://goo.gl/maps/vu2NG8himYM2

 

what are others doing in their communities? 

Bangkok, Thailand
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Re: Sharing Drinking Water Locations

Hi @SuzanneN,

 

I just wanted to let you know that it's very good a idea and I also try to do the same with my friends where I'm living.

 

Luckily In Sofia, Bulgaria you can find some public water fountains around the city.

 

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Re: Sharing Drinking Water Locations

@FelipePK you are lucky to have such nice options! make a map and share it. 🙂 

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Re: Sharing Drinking Water Locations

@SuzanneN This is a great initiative. Thanks for sharing,,, 

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Re: Sharing Drinking Water Locations

@SuzanneN, that is a very cool way to use Google Maps to help others in your community to find places to fill up their bottles with water! 

 

I like your idea. @ErmesT @DavidTito @Julien44 @AlejandraMaria, check out Suzi's clever way of creating a map in her city, Bangkok, of places where you can get free or minimally price water to fill up your reusable water bottle, instead of or purchasing one-time-use plastic water bottles. 

 

Cheers,

Karen

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Re: Sharing Drinking Water Locations

I love the idea @SuzanneN, that I am supporting for at least two reasons:

  1. Reuse of the bottles, reducing / recycling plastic 
  2. Easy way to find public accessible water

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I am actually mapping the water fountain / sources on my area, adding it on Google Maps

 

Thank you for tagging, @KarenVChin

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Re: Sharing Drinking Water Locations

@SuzanneN Very good idea, it will helps a lot for travellers

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Re: Sharing Drinking Water Locations

thanks @ErmesT, it's not that easy to find drinking water here, so people really need help. we are also doing some other really great things here in bkk to reduce single-use plastics. it feels like an uphill battle at times but is gaining traction. 

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Re: Sharing Drinking Water Locations

I know, @SuzanneN

it is an hard battle, but we love to fight 🙂

make sure to sign in here: Clean The World - CL18 Edition, the clean-up event that is part of Local Guides “Clean The World”

It will give you the ideas for starting one also in BKK

 

Ermes

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Re: Sharing Drinking Water Locations

I love this idea and thanks for making this @SuzanneN 🙂