Water is free at Venice airport

Venice Airport is a model for all of Italy for one fundamental thing: it provides free, microfiltered drinking water, with special dispensers located throughout the airport, both in the arrivals and departures areas.

Water is dispensed at room temperature or cold. This offers at least two advantages in terms of reducing waste for travelers. The first is that it partially eliminates the waste of plastic water bottles. sold at crazy pricesSecond, it reduces plastic consumption. Since the beginning of 2023, Venice Airport has distributed 48.000 liters of water, saving nearly 100 plastic bottles. There's only one question left: why can't free water distribution be introduced in all Italian airports, like in Venice? This is something that happens regularly at American airports. 

PHOTO SOURCE: Venice Airport

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