There was success at last for an engineering design competition held at Plymouth University for an innovative water bottle refill station.

MSc Engineering student, Ross Mackley was awarded the ‘Our Only World’s Prize for Sustainable Design’ for his winning entry.

Polzeath based charity, Our Only World, sponsored the competition and  is now developing a prototype with Dynamic Edge Innovation ready for manufacture here in Cornwall.

Hopefully the first one will be sited in Port Isaac, where David Raynor of St. Endellion Parish Council has been working in partnership with the charity, local organisations  and Polzeath Marine Conservation Group to reduce single use plastic in Port Isaac.

We hope to see these units on as many of our beautiful beaches as possible to reduce single use plastic going into our seas .

We would like to thank SWMAS, Quinnian Trust, ATI, Sea-Changers, Rotary  Club of Wadebridge and Neptune Rum for their support in our project.

by Tina from Our Only World

Anyone interested in this project please email us at ouronlyworld@outlook.com