Plastic Waste Reduction at Don Valley Academy

On February 21st we will be launching a range of exciting new drinks which will greatly reduce
our use of plastic and encourage the use of reusable bottles at school.

Schools of a similar size to Don Valley Academy throw away around 100,000 plastic bottles and cans
each year! In terms of harmful CO2 generated, that’s the volume of one Olympic sized swimming pool
each school day. Many bottles still do not get recycled, and even those that do get recycled are
creating more harmful CO2 into our environment at each recycling process.

The generationJuice Drinks Hubs are being introduced, which will allow students and staff to purchase a
variety of drinks dispensed into their own reusable drinks bottles.

These chilled drinks are mixed to order and then dispensed into the drinks bottle and are school
compliant, vegan, gluten free, withoutsugar and use natural ingredients.

Students and staff will help themselves, using the modern touch screen, to any of the 6 different
drinks. These include water flavour-fusions such as Raspberry Peach, Summer Fruits and
Watermelon together with the popular Tropical, Mandarin Mango and Cherry juice drinks. All
drinks are fast-pour and deliciously chilled. Even better news is that the drinks will cost only 70p
for a 500ml portion and 35p for 250ml.

From 21st February students and staff will need to remember to bring a reusable bottle (minimum
size 500ml) to school, so that we can all cut this plastic use and waste, offer better value and enjoy
great hydration with the delicious new chilled drinks.

At schools already serving generationJuice Student feedback regarding drink variety, fast delivery,
taste and value has been really positive and they fully support the way we can all reduce our
carbon footprint and help the environment, one drink at a time.