Ellen MacArthur Foundation teaching resources: circular economy and ‘Redesigning plastics’
Six lesson plans for 12–19s and a Learning Hub explaining why recycling alone fails and what circular design looks like.
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LEGO Build the Change: circular economy courses for ages 7–12
Hands-on design courses in which children build and pitch solutions to waste and plastic problems, with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
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Common Seas Education: Ocean Plastics Academy lesson packages
The most complete UK-curriculum plastics package: full lesson packs for ages 5–16 in Science, Geography, design and technology (D&T) and Citizenship, delivered via Encounter…
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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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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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Refillable bottle instead of bottled water
A single reusable bottle used daily replaces hundreds of PET bottles a year, and its impact becomes negligible over a year of use whatever…
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Reusable cup instead of takeaway coffee cups
A reusable cup beats a paper cup on climate after about 20 to 25 uses, and paper cups are lined with plastic so they…
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Skip the lid and the sleeve
If you cannot bring a cup, refusing the plastic lid alone removes about 3 g of plastic per drink.
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Carry your own cutlery for takeaway
A fork and spoon from your kitchen drawer in your bag avoids hundreds of single-use plastic pieces a year.
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Reusable period products
Disposable pads and tampon applicators contain plastic and are marked as such under the EU Single-Use Plastics Directive; cups, pants and washable pads last…