Page 16 - Summer 2024 - Two- English

Be Inspired
Carmarthenshire Eco-Committees celebrate

minimising plastic waste

Over recent years, Eco- The campaigning has paid off as,
Committees in Carmarthenshire from now on, all primary schools are
primary schools have been now able to request that their milk is
highlighting the issue with their delivered in 2 litre containers, which
will save an estimated half a tonne of
school milk being delivered in plastic each year in an average size
individual plastic bottles, for the school!
following reasons:
Although current Eco-Committees will
Large amounts of plastic waste be celebrating this change, a lot of credit
goes to the members that trod before
them to pave the way.
Wasted milk

Children not drinking any milk at
all as they were overwhelmed
with the volume

Ysgol Gymraeg Brynsierfel in Llanelli
even measured their milk waste and
were shocked to discover over 15
litres of milk was being poured away
each week.

Ysgol Saron near Ammanford
No Plastic campaign