And yet another stupid school rule.

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DD 12 brought home a pink water bottle yesterday, I thought she'd brought home somebody else's, as she usually takes a bottle of Evian because she's forever losing them.

No, this is new required equipment, with the school logo, her name and form on. I'm just worried that she'll lose it and I'll have to pay for a replacement, and another, and another.

PET has been tested extensively and no evidence of migration of toxic amounts of chemicals from the plastic to the contents has been found

The key phrase here is 'toxic amounts'. They do leach chemicals but at a low enough level that it's considered not to be toxic. The level at which they leach said chemicals does also increase over time.

www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/safety-plastic-water-bottle-reuse-2016-2

Generally though, yes, your main issue is cleanliness.

Same issue with a multi use plastic bottle, then.

If the issue is leaving at English lessons then can you get her to do something different in those lessons to break the behaviour (forgetting her bottle) and replace with a different one (keep her water bottle).?

As a starter - can she just leave the bottle in her bag in those lessons? Or prime friends (and initially the teacher) to remind her? Put a post it note in bright colours on the front and back of all her English books so she sees them and is reminded as she puts her books away? Long elastic to tie her bottle to her bag so if she picks bag up without bottle it will trail her (and make a noise?) as she walks off? Put a silent alarm to flash up on her phone home screen?

Get her to suggest a variety of strategies too then test them to see if something - anything works!

Same issue with a multi use plastic bottle, then.

To an extent, but multi-use ones are thicker plastic, generally have fewer grooves and are easier to clean without damaging them. Scratches in the plastic are problematic, and cleaning single-use bottles is more likely to cause these because of the thinner material. Just make sure reusable bottles are BPA free.

Presumably, no one is activelychecking water bottles, rather that a pupil would be sanctioned if seen drinking from a non-regulatioyn bag.

Your DD is 12, and somcouid manage to get through English lessons without drinking. Or if she cannot, tell her to swig what she needs and immediately replace bottle in bag. Probably a good habit tomhave, even for non-strewers

Good on the school. A 12 year old needs to take responsibility. If she can turn up with the required books and pens for a lesson then adding a bottle into the mix shouldn't be too much trouble.

We give all children a water bottle when they start school. Some repack them over time with their own, others buy a new one, if they need to, for £2.

Much better than throw away plastic. Good for the school!

I would advise putting a sticker on it, if she's very young, so she can recognise it easily.

You cannot be serious? You would rather use single use plastic bottles, than a refillable bottle.

It's such a tiny thing to make a change on, which makes a massive impact on the world

It's a great idea.

Your DD is old enough to look after her stuff. If she forgets it she has to collect it in her own time (break/lunch).
If she loses it, she pays for another (pocket money?).

Not sure what you see as a problem. Teaching your child that she can take single use bottles, leave them wherever she last was and get a new one each time is really crap OP.

Wow. Our school children take and look after their refillable bottles from reception year. I'm sorry - YABU, very much so.

aaaaand that's the wrong section of the site for YABU, but it still stands.

Does your DD also keep losing her books, stationery, pieces of uniform, etc, or is it just the water bottles? Why is it only English where she leaves them? Surely if she's absent minded, it would extend to every lesson, not just English?

As for the expense, deal with it by taking it out of her pocket money or making her wait for any treat that you might otherwise give her.

Why do we have to keep mentioning the EVIAN water???

OP is complaining about having to inevitably replace the NON-EVIAN school bottle at Q cost to her, but merrily buys EVIAN water bottles for her daughter which get used a few times and then op buys another EVIAN water bottle for her DD.

If DD loses her NON-EVIAN water bottle, then so be it.

EVIAN

It’s not even Evian water, just bog-standard tap!

My DC are bloody terrible with water bottles but they are a lot younger than your DD. They have been through three bottles since September. The first one (smiggle so not cheap but evidently absolutely SHIT quality) just totally broke within a month. Second time I bought one of the school £1 bottles and they managed to lose them... Just bought another school bottle for them and have said if they lose that one, they’re not getting another.

Reusable are better than disposable of course but it’s shit when they keep getting lost or broken.

DDs school has this from age 4 upwards, as far as I'm aware they rarely go missing as all children have them clearly named. At 12 she really should be able to not lose it.