According to San Francisco News, San Francisco International Airport SFO will be the first airport in all large airports to ban the sale of disposable plastic bottles. The program will be implemented on August 20, 2019.
This new regulation will be implemented at all restaurants, cafes and vending machines at the airport.
Passengers who want to drink water need to carry their own water bottles or buy reusable aluminium bottles or glass bottles. The regulation prohibiting the sale of plastic water bottles at municipal locations was passed in 2014 and is now operating at the airport.
Many cities in California and other states in the United States, including Hawaii, have established regulations prohibiting stores from offering plastic shopping bags. A bill recently passed by California plans to extend the ban to the statewide.
This news is expected to boost the confidence of environmentalists and aluminium water bottle makers.
