An Australian mother is baffled as to why some schools have banned metal drinks bottles as the move away from plastic continues.
Melbourne TikToker Olivia White uploaded a video questioning the decision after the ban was imposed on her friends’ children’s schools.
The issue has divided the internet, and the mother was inundated with a wide range of responses as to why the ban is in place.
‘Does anyone know why schools are banning metal drink bottles?’ Mrs. White began.
“Mine doesn’t, but I’ve seen other people post on Instagram that they can’t accept metal drink bottles.”
Olivia White (pictured) uploaded a video asking if anyone knows why schools ban metal bottles.
Mrs White believes the bottle ban “doesn’t make any sense”.
“I don’t understand why,” he continued.
‘I thought we weren’t making plastic. All mine are metal. Is the answer really obvious?
He’s received hundreds of messages from people saying their schools are worried about kids throwing them.
Others said the bottles were banned because they were too heavy in students’ backpacks.
“I posted that (post) and a lot of people said they got banned,” Ms. White said. Yahoo News Australia.
‘Not all of them are for the same reason, some reasons sound a bit like maybe they don’t want to say what the real reason is.
‘Some said they had been used as weapons, but in reality, anything can be a weapon.
‘Another is the ‘haves and have-nots’ drink bottle culture; just as many people have said that is the reason. Children bully each other for what they have and what they don’t have.’
While there is no blanket ban on bringing metal drinks bottles to school, a NSW Department of Education spokesperson said individual schools could set their own rules.
The viral TikTiokhas has attracted hundreds of comments and almost 25,000 views since it was uploaded last month.
‘I’m a teacher. The only thing I can think of is that they make a lot of noise when they release them,” said one.
Ms. White received hundreds of messages from parents and teachers sharing their experiences with pop metal.
Another teacher claimed that she “made a boy throw a metal water bottle across the class when they were angry.”
Another recalled that a flying bottle injured her “almost seriously.”
‘My son’s high school made it so the kids couldn’t hide what they were drinking. The rule was just water,’ commented one father.
Another added: “Kids kick them and use them as weapons in real life and fight each other.”
A third wrote: “It’s so that if the bottle is thrown across the playground, it doesn’t ‘hurt’, or that’s the reason my son’s school gave.”
