Petition · past parliament

Make drinking water facilities mandatory in service stations and town centres

Closed 146 signatures

What the petition asks

To reduce plastic waste and to reduce our consumption of sugary drinks, the government should make it mandatory for all service stations, shopping centres and town centres to have well publicised and easy to use drinking water facilities.
Currently to get a water bottle filled we often have to queue up to ask a shop assistant or use the taps in toilets. Some cafes do provide jugs of water for customers but this is not for the public really to fill up water bottles. Service stations rely on drivers grabbing bottles of water or bottles of sugary drinks for their income, so a voluntary scheme would not work. The only way we could have effective implementation of this scheme would be if the government made such a scheme compulsory.

Timeline

15 Sep 2020 Petition opened for signatures
15 Mar 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 146
Status Closed
Opened 15 Sep 2020
Closed 15 Mar 2021

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.