Exmouth gets third water bottle refill station

A new water bottle refill station has been installed near the toilet block at Foxholes car park on Exmouth seafront in a bid to cut plastic waste.

Two other such refill stations were installed outside the railway station and at Sideshore Watersports Centre in January.

The project received funding from charity Sea-Changers in partnership with Plastic Free Exmouth. The station was installed by Sideshore and Exmouth Town Council.

Lucy Oaks Ash, co-chair of Plastic Free Exmouth, added: "We are extremely grateful to Sea-Changers for the grant that paid for this fountain, and to the council for bringing it to fruition.

"It will help enable the people of Exmouth and our visitors to move away from single-use plastic by the simple act of refilling their water bottles, reducing plastic waste and their carbon footprint too."

Simon Findel Hawkins, Sideshore's venue manager, said: "Sideshore's Community Interest Company has helped fund the installation of the new water fountain to encourage more visitors to Exmouth beach to carry reusable water bottles, thereby eradicating single-use plastic which is detrimental to the environment."

The refill station works by pushing the button on the front.