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UK Construction Week has announced that it has partnered with Join the Pipe to install water fountains around the event to free tap water to its 35,000 visitors and consequently reduce the number of single-use plastic water bottles.
Everyone will be able to top up at water stations at every bar at the show and at Join the Pipe’s stand (stand number H200 in Hall 12). In addition, the first thousand visitors to attend one of the three CPD hubs on each day of the event will also receive free reusable UKCW water bottles.
UKCW is hoping to raise awareness of Join the Pipe and is raising funds for its drinking water projects in developing countries, including a scheme in Nairobi aimed at providing clean drinking water in under-developed urban areas of the Kenyan capital.
Nathan Garnett, UKCW event director, says: “Awareness of the terrible impact of our throwaway attitude to plastic has been rising ever since the Blue Planet programme earlier in the year. A staggering 13 billion plastic bottles are used each year in the UK, and 5.5 billion of those end up in landfill, litter or incinerators. We do not want our event to add to that appalling waste.
“That’s what makes this such a great idea. Our visitors can stay hydrated with free water and a stylish reusable bottle, and we can help to reduce the growing amount of plastic waste we put into our environment while also helping children who have desperate need of clean water. Everyone’s a winner.”
Andrew Eversden, Managing Director of Join the Pipe International says: “Our refill stations are designed to do exactly that, bringing tap water to everyone, everywhere. In the process, supporters are contributing to a water project in a developing country.”
Free water bottles can be collected from CPD hubs in each hall of UK Construction Week from 9-11 October. You can register for UK Construction Week here.
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