SFO steps up plastic-free policy
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8th April 2021
The airport has banned the sale of all plastic bottles, pushing the hub closer to its goal of zero waste going to landfill
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has further expanded its industry leading plastic-free policy by banning the sale of beverages served in plastic bottles.
This follows its initial policy rolled out in August 2019, which saw SFO become the first airport in the world to prohibit the sale of single use water bottles which come in plastic or aseptic packaging.
Around 10,000 bottles of water were being sold at the airport everyday before the policy was implemented.
George Harrison is pictured in the back seat of a car as he leaves the Hilton hotel in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Feb 4, 1977. (National Archives, Anefo collection/Suyk, Koen)
If you happened to be inside a hospital early in the pandemic, you might have heard these words floating through the corridors The smiles returning to the faces. Little darling, it seems like years since it s been here. They re lyrics from Here Comes the Sun, George Harrison s 1969 classic about the resurrection from the dead of winter. Across the country, hospitals played The Beatles song over paging systems as a celebratory ritual when discharging a patient on the mend from the coronavirus. Many still do.