Colgate oral-care recycling: closing 30 December 2026
The free Colgate/TerraCycle programme for toothbrushes, tubes and floss containers is winding down; last shipments by 30 December 2026.
Schools and teachers
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Bread tags: Aussie Bread Tags for Wheelchairs has stopped (Aug 2026)
The bread-tag programme that funded 171 wheelchairs stopped accepting tags in August 2026; remaining stock is being processed. Do not post tags.
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The Big Microplastic Survey
Sample beach or river sediment for microplastics with a standard kit; data goes to the University of Portsmouth. Run by UK charity Just One…
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Lids4Kids: no drop-off points, paid bags only
Canberra charity that turns plastic lids into benches and tiles. It no longer has public drop-off points; you buy a Zero Waste Warrior bag…
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Lesson plan: Does a bag for life actually help? Life-cycle assessment with real data (ages 15–18)
A 60-minute lesson that uses published life-cycle assessment (LCA) data to work out how many times a reusable bag must be used, and weighs…
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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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Lesson plan: Why is only 9% recycled? (ages 12–14)
A 60-minute chemistry lesson on plastic as a limited resource, resin codes, real recycling data and designing a school monitoring method.
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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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Lesson plan: What is plastic, and where does it belong? (ages 5–7)
A 45-minute everyday-materials lesson: sort, test and decide what we use once and what we use again and again.
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Our World in Data: Plastic Pollution topic page and data explorer
Free, citable charts (CC BY 4.0) on plastic production, waste, recycling and ocean inputs, ideal for 12–18 data lessons.