Edenbrook Primary School, Belfast, is marking World Environment Day by joining NI Water’s ‘Refillution’ campaign.

The eco-committee at Edenbrook Primary have signed up to the campaign which aims to change every day behaviours by encouraging everyone to stop buying single use plastic bottles and instead fill a reusable one with tap water.

This year’s World Environment Day theme, ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’ firmly shines the spotlight on the devastating impacts of plastic pollution and drives momentum to rethink plastic use to build a cleaner and more sustainable future. 

NI Water education officer Anna Killen said: “It’s important we all consider the steps we can take as individuals to build a cleaner and more sustainable future.  NI Water’s ‘Join the Refillution’ campaign, in partnership with the local community, gives everyone the tools needed to help turn the tide against single use plastic waste.

“Since its launch in May 2019, NI Water’s ‘Join the Refillution’ campaign has been embraced by schools and local councils with some installing refill stations and encouraging hundreds of local businesses across their areas to join the Refillution campaign and create a solution to plastic pollution.

“Over the past six years schools just like Edenbrook Primary have shown great enthusiasm by supporting the Refillution against single use plastics by taking the ‘Plastic Promise Pledge’ against single use plastic water bottles and always refilling a reusable bottle with water from the tap.”

If your school would like to become a refill school contact education@niwater.com to sign up.

If you are a business and would like to support the Refillution campaign, contact your local council to register your interest. For more information, visit https://www.niwater.com/refillution-map/

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