Water refill stations have been added to Llanelwedd’s Royal Welsh Showground in time for the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show next week.

The free water stations will allow guests to the show, near Builth Wells, to refill their water bottles rather than having to purchase a new bottle of water.

It comes as the Refill scheme has taken off around the UK with towns setting up their own stations, or businesses advertising the scheme so that members of the public can grab a free water refill.

The scheme, which was launched by the not-for-profit organisation City to Sea in 2015, aims to tackle the use of plastic bottles which end up in the bin or clogging up recycling.

The average adult buys more than 3 plastic water bottles every week - a startling 175 bottles every year per person. Around 7.7 billion plastic bottles are bought across the UK each year, resulting in substantial amounts of single-use plastic waste ending up in our oceans.

The Royal Welsh Agricultural society posted the announcement on Facebook where it said: “We want to reduce plastic and you can help. Bring your own bottle use our water refill points throughout the showground.”

The post has received a lot of support online with prospective visitors calling the move “brilliant” and “fantastic”.

AM Lesley Griffiths, the Welsh Government’s environment minister, previously said about the scheme: "More water Refill Stations in our villages, towns and cities will help cut down on the amount of single-use plastics we use. This is another step towards my ambition of Wales becoming the World’s first ’Refill Nation’.”

Download the Refill app to your phone or visit the Refill scheme’s website to find your nearest refill stations.