We’re running a trial with a handful of local schools to see how this would work in practice – we hope to publish the results of the trial soon. Reusable straws certainly exist – bamboo, silicon, stainless steel, even glass – but they need to be carefully washed and they could turn into lethal weapons in the wrong hands! Milldown CofE Academy wanted to completely eliminate packaging waste so they now receive their milk in glass pint bottles. Each VIVA 200ml Flavoured Milk Drink provides 30% of the Reference Intake of Calcium and 40% of the Reference Intake of Vitamin D. One size does not fit all – what works for a small single-room nursery may be wholly inappropriate for a large multi-class school.

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At Lincoln Carlton Academy, we are proud to have trialled the use of reusable milk bottles,” enthused Mrs Malam, Headteacher. It’s naturally sweetened with Stevia leaf extract and contains naturally occurring sugars (from the low-fat milk).

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We really value being able to help reduce the carbon footprint in our own small way,” added Mrs Malam. One of the children told me that she loves her bottle as it’s got her name on it, and she loves how milk makes her bones healthy.Just when you thought it couldn’t get any more confusing, some plastics are compostable – that means they biodegrade and disintegrate without leaving toxic residue, but they need the correct composting conditions. But there are several problems – paper straws can disintegrate quite quickly when immersed in liquids, they’re much more expensive than plastic straws, and there is insufficient production capacity to meet potential demand. Nobody knows why drinking from a straw makes oat drink taste even better, it’s just one of those little mysteries in life that both children and adults are free to enjoy. Biodegradable plastic straws are available but the jury’s out – they’re not as easy to recycle as other plastics, and they only break down in certain conditions so if they get in the rivers and oceans, they ‘re just as harmful as “normal” plastic. But the problem is what happens to the straws after they’ve been used – their strength becomes a weakness, as they take centuries to degrade.

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We were delighted that Cool Milk were able to arrange for our milk to be delivered in glass pints, and the children and teachers have adapted very quickly to the new way of doing things – we’re really pleased we made the change. But there are a few stdrawbacks; they are expensive to produce in a sanitary manner, gluten-intolerants may not like them too much, and our tests have shown that they’re very easy to split – an over-enthusiastic squeeze results in liquid coming out of the sides of the straw, not just the end!

Our children have done a lot of work on the issue of plastic pollution and we decided that we should try to cut out all single-use plastic wherever possible”, reported head teacher James Law. Reduce, reuse, recycle – maybe the middle one of the three is not quite right in a school environment? We don’t put the acidity regulator used for most of our other drinks in this one because we figured it won’t be used for coffee that much, so it’s not needed. We need some big brains to help us with this so we’ve commissioned a team of materials scientists at Cranfield University.

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We need to supply milk in hygienic, convenient packaging so that the milk drinking experience is good for the kids, and good for their teachers and carers. The 200ml VIVA Flavoured Milk Drinks are also free from artificial colours, flavourings and preservatives!Secondly, they aren’t so durable, either in transit or in use – paper has a habit of disintegrating when wet! So we’re looking at the problem from a fresh perspective – we’re trying to develop a straw using alternative natural materials, that will be cheap and easy to manufacture, and will degrade quickly and harmlessly in water or soil.