Poster: The five Rs, in the right order
Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rot on one A3 poster, with the one number that explains why recycling comes fourth. Scalable vector graphics (SVG) editable.
Community groups
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School pledge: Starter, three-item and Plastic Clever tiers
Ready-to-sign pledge text for a class or school in three tiers, mapped to the Plastic Free Schools and Plastic Clever Schools targets.
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30-day Swap Challenge: day-by-day tracker
One swap a week for four weeks plus a wild-card, with daily ticks, weekly ‘did it stick?’ checks and grams avoided at the end.
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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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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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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.
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Roots & Shoots: forMULA project toolkit and ocean pollution activities
The Jane Goodall Institute’s four-step project method (engage, observe, do, celebrate) for youth groups tackling local waste.
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Ocean Heroes HQ: youth campaign bootcamp and toolkit
A campaign-building programme for 11–18s: bootcamps, an online classroom, a campaign toolkit and micro-grants.
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Plastic Pollution Coalition: plastic-free school resources and campus manual
A curated K–12 resource index plus the illustrated Plastic-Free Campus Manual (2024) for colleges and universities.
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Talking Trash and Taking Action
Ocean Conservancy and US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) modules for grades 3–12 on sources, impacts and prevention, with art and science strands…