The Eco Team were delighted to be able to give every single child at Whitehouse Primary and Nursery a reusable water bottle. Anna, from NI Water, came in to talk to the Eco team in October, as we had signed up to be one of the first schools in Northern Ireland to be free from single use plastic bottles. We decide to give out the bottles during NYNY week.
We had collected data in December to find out about water bottles in our school. In Y1 to Y7.......
- 99 children had disposal water bottles.
- 200 children had reusable bottles.
- 103 children had no water bottles.
Now, in January, every child in our school has a reusable bottle they can bring each day to help them stay hydrated. Not only is this great for the children but amazing for our environment. We are committed to reducing the amount of plastic waste in our school and only reusable plastic bottles will allowed in classrooms.
Anna gave us pictures to show how single use plastic waste is causing damage to our environment and sea life.
