No more disposable plastic bottles in Les Glénans
The Glénans sailing school decided to do without single-use plastic water bottles when it was a major consumer. Due to its isolation - the school at the Glénan archipelago site in southern Finistère is located 20 km off the coast and does not have running water - the school used up to 63?000 bottles each year.
While the site recycles rainwater and uses groundwater, plastic water bottles were still the best way to support the trainees.
Returnable water bottles
To replace them, the school has chosen 19-litre returnable cylinders that will be brought back to the continent. 1 canister is the equivalent of 12 plastic bottles
This will eliminate nearly 2 tonnes of plastic and 70,000 bottles from circulation. "This allows us to measure how important this plastic packaging has become in our supply chains. But we are also discovering that we can reinvent our operations, do without them for a long time and continue to question our consumption patterns" explains Tom Daune, General Delegate of the association.
To support its approach, the Glénans school now asks these trainees to come with their canteen. A habit that had already been taken on some sites, but that will now be extended to all.
