Hooray for World School Milk Day!
For obvious reasons, World School
Milk Day is one of the most significant days of the year for us here at
Creamline! Held today to celebrate both the benefits of milk and the success of
school programmes around the world, we’re big believers at Creamline of the
nutritional importance of milk for children. For example, a carton of milk can
provide a 4-6-year-old with 52% of their recommended calcium intake – and the
entirety of their recommended B12 intake!
The tradition of school milk is
long established and has an interesting history. Schemes were brought in to
provide for needy and malnourished poorer children back in the early 1900s –
and after the World Wars, malnutrition was a widespread concern in the UK.
Glass Is Greener
When it comes to school milk, it’s
something we’re working hard on here at Creamline as part of our Glass Is
Greener campaign. Since its launch, we have delivered over 21 million glass
milk bottles to doorsteps in and around Greater Manchester saving a whopping
380 tonnes of plastic from landfill – heavy stuff!
As the next step of our campaign we
launched our school glass bottle scheme, encouraging schools in the region to
make the switch too. With a huge 1 million plastic bottles used each week on
milk breaks, the average school could save up to 38,000 plastic bottles from
going to waste by joining the scheme. Over the last couple of months we’ve seen
lots more schools make the switch, which is fantastic news!
This World Milk Day, if your school
would like to join the scheme, please contact Andy Partington on [email protected] or 0161 835 3311.
