Education
"Wise up on Water! Kids need safe drinking water to stay hydrated, healthy and maximise learning potential".
"Consider an environmentally safe product that will outlast any plastic water bottle".
We would be honoured to support your next school initiative to promote a healthier school drinks bottle alternative to plastic water bottles that contain Bisphenol A (BPA). BPA has been linked to health concerns regarding it's safety in the use of plastics. You can also read more about this here;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A
We can offer your school a custom bottle made from high quality food-grade 304, 18/8 stainless steel. Our stainless steel water bottle is durable yet lightweight, bpa free, toxin free and most importantly safe in delivering clean, fresh tasting water again and again.
A stainless steel bottle also makes an excellent fundraising opportunity and we can provide the resources and tools to help your next planned event run smoothly and successfully with minimal expense and maximum profit.
Promoting a plastic bottle-free event in your School, College or University has never been easier. Ask us how we can support your endeavours to switch from plastic bottles to reusable BPA free stainless steel water bottles.
The Environment Agency's Green Procurement Guidelines as good practise for schools and education establishments recommend that green products can reduce environmental impact.
The main objective is to consider the life cycle of products as a whole, not just their purchase price. This includes thinking about the:
• The materials used in manufacture - Make sure to check the labels and bottom of plastic bottles for the SPI codes (read more on SPI codes here), which appear as recycling triangles with numbers and letter codes. These are used to help with recycling and to identify the safety aspect of the chemicals used to make the plastic, leaching into the beverage.
• Methods of production and embedded energy.
• Energy use of the product over its life span.
• Eventual disposal costs and environmental impacts -
- It takes 7 litres of water to make a single 1 litre plastic bottle.
- It takes162g of oil (petrolium feedstocks) just to manufacture a 1 litre plastic bottle. This creates over 100g of greenhouse gas emissions (10 balloons full of CO2) per empty bottle.
- 2.4m tonnes of plastic are used to bottle water each year and it represents serious oil use for what is essentially a single-use object.
• Potential for re-use or recycling – Reusable stainless steel BPA free water bottles can be reused again and again and are completely recyclable, reducing your environmental impact.
Contact us to discuss our eco fundraising opportunities and how we can help you develop environmental awareness amongst your staff, pupils and parents on sustainability projects and promote an understanding of the importance of choosing sustainable and safe products for people and planet.