Tap vs bottled water: Will 2020 be a defining year?
(WorldNews Environment)

Dubai: Last year, the Dubai Municipality said that as part of a new Food Code, restaurants would be encouraged to offer free tap water from this year to reduce the use of single-use plastics. This was suggested at the sidelines of the Dubai International Food Safety Conference in November where an official added that as part of the changes, landlords would also be liable for the condition of water tanks in private residences, and it would now be written into tenancy contracts that the landlord would have to arrange regular cleaning. All this would be done, with a view to eventually becoming law, implied the official. However, Dubai Municipality offered a clarification. Iman Al Bastaki,...