Teachers

Discover more about how we as a society define waste, and how we process it.

This information pack offers the pros and cons of the plastic industry.

Students can use this take home sheet to keep to the 3Rs: reduce, reuse and recycle.

Challenge your pupils to find 10 plastic waste facts in the school using clues.

A visually engaging poster to encourage everyone to reduce plastic waste

Use this poster to promote your plastic free week.

Trace the lifecycle of a plastic bottle with this poster.

Display this handy poster to let everyone know when your school is taking part in Waste Week.

Raise awareness for Waste Week with this poster.

Let everyone know your school has taken part in Waste Week 2019.

Reward your students for their activities during Waste Week

Display this poster to let everyone know when you're running your Waste Week

Create and test parachutes with a variation of different materials

This worksheet accompanies the What a Waste lesson plan

This maths activity is all about how much food packaging we throw away in our homes and the importance of recycling.

In this D&T activity, students examine the properties, design criteria and manufacture of packaging for three everyday food items, and investigate whether they could be improved.

This worksheet accompanies the Boxing Clever lesson plan