Flying is an ideal way to travel across a great distance, but it still comes with a substantial impact on the planet. For all the advances in telecommunications, there are times when the most strident of sustainability advocates have no real alternative to flying, even if it is to deliver a TED talk on the perils of modern life on the environment, despite the irony, in service of the greater good.
Some airports are looking to mitigate that necessary evil by making their operations greener, and, unsurprisingly, San Fransisco International Airport (SFO) is one of those ports on the cutting edge of making air travel a little less awful with the banning of single-use plastic water bottles.
SFO, a major domestic and international hub that saw nearly 56 million passengers flow through its gates in 2017, has banned the sale and distribution of all single-use plastic bottles of water. This rule will apply to all vendors and vending machines within the airport, but not to non-water beverages like soda or juice.
