Family plastic footprint calculator: how it works and the weights we use
The full method, per-item weights and country benchmarks behind our calculator, so families and classes can check every number.
Ages 8–11
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The Story of Plastic: animated short, feature film and learning guides
An Emmy-winning systems-level documentary for 13–18s, a four-minute animated short for 9+, and screening, research and action guides.
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Australian Marine Conservation Society: ocean plastic pollution posters
Free print-at-home A4 and A3 educational and values posters (‘Plastics are forever’) for classrooms and community groups.
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Planet Ark: Schools Recycle Right Challenge and lesson plans
60+ Australian lesson plans on recycling, including ‘Enzymes and Plastic Recycling’ (Stage 3, school Years 5 and 6) and ‘Recycle Reuse’ (Stage 4, Years…
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Clean Up Australia: Education Hub and Schools Clean Up Day
Educator’s guide, Australian Curriculum lessons, a school planning toolkit and the annual Schools Clean Up Day for F–Year 10.
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Zero Waste Scotland: Plastic not included — small steps for going single-use free with kids
A family guide to cutting single-use plastic with children, published under the Open Government Licence so it can be reused.
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SubjectToClimate: plastic pollution lesson plans guide (K–12, grade-tagged)
A curated index of plastic lessons by grade, from Recycling (K–2) to Garbage Patches (3–5) and School Hydration Stations (3–12).
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Lesson plan: The lunchbox investigation (ages 8–11)
A 45-minute lesson that counts a class’s lunchbox plastic, turns it into grams a year, and ends with three evidence-based swaps.
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Classroom plastic audit (ages 8–18, with a picture tally for 5–7)
A one-week, 12-category count of a class’s single-use plastic with a published weights table, the sums, and a three-swap action plan.
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5 Gyres: Trash Academy video series and TrashBlitz app
Two seasons of short YouTube episodes (English and Spanish) and a community-science litter-logging app.