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Washroom Hygiene
How education is getting softer
A village school in Hertfordshire is the
Trials on Katrin hand towels,
toilet tissue and centre feed
centre of a hygiene and environmental
paper rolls were run at the start
awareness campaign for 5–11 year olds.
of the new term. White towels
Katrin tells the story
were perceived as cleaner and
more hygienic than the previous
blue ones. Children regarded the
ll Saints Primary School in Datchworth is led by head teacher previous toilet tissue as flimsy
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Mary Willatt. There is a strong hygiene and environmental and the Katrin product as ‘soft
theme running through most aspects of the school, from like cotton wool’. They described
recycling and equipment re-use to an award winning wildlife garden the Katrin towels as easy to get
that the children look after. out of the dispenser, softer and
Willatt had received complaints about hard, non-absorbent hand not scratchy.
towels and inadequate toilet paper. In conjunction with some There was a 100% preference
industry advice, and based on its environmental qualifications, the for the Katrin hand towels
school then switched its washroom and wiping products to softer, because the previous range absorbed very little and pupils would
kinder products from the Katrin range. take several towels – now the children said they found that one towel
was sufficient.
Youth care With the potential for a renewed outbreak of Swine Flu, teachers
“With winter approaching, and the threat of Swine Flu ever present, it have increased pupils’ focus on personal hygiene. The school teaches
was time to take action to encourage and maximise hand washing the children to wash their hands after visiting the toilet, before eating
among our susceptible young pupils,” says Willatt.“I looked for and after arts and craft classes. They have hand-cleansing gel on
products that would be kind to them and compatible with our desks and in all staff and administration rooms.
environmental ethos; products that would save the environment by Hand washing is now an easier task with more gentle towels. Time
having less waste from using less product and hopefully save us spent in the toilets has reduced, as hand drying is now quicker and
money too. Katrin fits the bill perfectly.” minimises possible overcrowding at break time.
Wiping out waste
“We expect to save money as we now know we will buy fewer towels
with the children taking one towel not three,” says Willatt.“We have
chosen a range of Katrin towels that are slightly smaller and more
suitable for children’s hands – giving them adult sized towels is so
wasteful. This illustrates that our environmental awareness policy is
working because we now create less waste for disposal.”
Since making the switch, All Saints School has experienced a
reduction in use of toilet tissue, which is another example of ‘less is
more’ and provides real ‘cost in use’ savings over the lower quality, less
effective products.
Katrin hand towel and centre feed roll dispensers are now being
installed throughout the school in staff and pupil washrooms,
classrooms, the first aid room and
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