What More invited pupils from Hyndburn Park to see the manufacturing premises and find out how recycling works.
As a responsible manufacturer, What More offers a recycled range, and a range of reusable items. Local primary school, Hyndburn Park has been studying the environment, and the impact of single use plastics on the environment, so Tony Grimshaw, director of What More, invited the pupils into the manufacturing premises of What More, to see how recycling works in practise.
Single use plastics are used by What More to create reusable products. The firm’s Upcycled range of housewares is made from 95% recycled post-consumer plastics. Each year, What More gives a new lease of life to over 5,000 tonnes of recycled plastic from both domestic and industrial waste.
The pupils were fascinated to see the size and scale of What More and how they take environmental concerns very seriously and implement measures to reduce their impact on the planet. The visit went so well, that a second class was taken for a visit.
Tony Grimshaw OBE, commented: “It was fantastic to have the children in our factory and be able to show them in real life how we care for the environment through all our processes. We take our manufacturing and environmental responsibilities very seriously, and it’s great to be able to pass this on to primary age children, with the message that not all plastic is drastic.”
Garry Ireland, operations director, added: “The children were really interested and engaged in what we were showing and telling them, and it’s great to be able to pass this on at a young age.”
Sally Hulse, HR manager, said: “We love having students in to learn more about our processes and how we work. They’re so interested in what goes on, hopefully we can inspire them to be future engineers.
“We had over 60 thank you letters after the visits, all remembering our phrase Reduce-Reuse-Recycle, and thanking us for enriching their learning on their Keen to be Green topic.”
