Tell the World Cup to allow reusable water bottles!
Tell FIFA: Reverse the restriction on reusable water bottles at World Cup stadiums. Tell FIFA: We Want Our Reusable Bottles at the World Cup! | Story of Stuff
But FIFA just decided late last week to no longer allow any reusable water bottles at World Cup stadiums, so sports fans can’t beat the heat without resorting to wasteful disposable plastic bottles.1
Access to water is critical to fans’ comfort and safety — especially in sweltering summer weather. And spectators should be able to stay hydrated without producing plastic waste that will stick around as pollution for centuries.
Tell FIFA: Reverse the restriction on reusable water bottles at World Cup stadiums. Tell FIFA: Allow reusable water bottles at World Cup stadiums
FIFA had originally said that some types of reusable bottles would be allowed, before suddenly reversing course.2
It’s a move that will only create more plastic trash at a time when plastic pollution is already out of control. Every 16 hours, Americans throw out enough plastic to fill a sports stadium up to the brim.3
Every disposable plastic bottle we use and toss has the potential to pollute our environment and even threaten our health.
A lot of the plastic we throw away ends up in landfills, where it can break down into tiny, polluting particles and leach harmful chemicals into our soil and water.4
And some is incinerated — a process that emits toxic chemicals into the air. Air pollution from burning plastic can emit chemicals known to cause cancer, reproductive harm, birth defects and other health problems.5
Why pollute our world and risk our health with disposable plastic bottles, when a reusable solution is right in front of us?
Allowing reusable water bottles in stadiums is the right thing to do. Add your name and ask FIFA to allow reusable bottles.
Some sports stadiums have already demonstrated that allowing fans to bring their own reusable bottles is a safe, simple way to prevent pollution.
Every World Cup spectator should be able to do the same.
Ask FIFA to allow reusable water bottles at World Cup stadiums today. Tell FIFA: Allow reusable water bottles at World Cup stadiums
1. Scott Thompson, “FIFA bans refillable water bottles from World Cup stadiums despite original rules stating otherwise,” Fox News, June 4, 2026.
2. Scott Thompson, “FIFA bans refillable water bottles from World Cup stadiums despite original rules stating otherwise,” Fox News, June 4, 2026.
3. Celeste Meiffren-Swango and James Horrox, “Trash in America,” PIRG, December 9, 2025.
4. “Plastic planet: How tiny plastic particles are polluting our soil,” United Nations Environment Programme, last accessed April 28, 2026.
5. Celeste Meiffren-Swango, James Horrox, Grace Vickers & Carol Li, “”Chemical recycling”: What you need to know,” PIRG, July 14, 2025.
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