Surfers Against Sewage
UK marine conservation charity campaigning on plastic and sewage; runs Plastic Free Communities. Donate online; UK registered charity 1145877.
Resources for schools and families
Lesson plans, audits, experiments, conversation cards and vetted external resources by age.
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Break Free From Plastic: join the movement (no donate page)
Global movement of 13,000+ groups and individuals; there is no public donation page, but you can join as a member and take part in…
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Plastic Pollution Coalition
US-based alliance that counters plastics-industry messaging and pushes source-reduction policy; donate online, tax-deductible in the US.
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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.
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Letter template: asking the head teacher, principal or canteen for change
A one-page, fill-in-the-blanks letter with sourced facts, a menu of specific asks and an offer to help, plus a catering-company version.
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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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Where does my plastic go? An explainer for ages 8–11
One bottle, four endings, and the answer to ‘if we recycle it, why is it still a problem?’, with six sourced facts.
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Where does my plastic go? A read-aloud story for ages 5–7
Bob the Bottle’s four journeys (bin, ground, recycling, refill) in a reading-age-7 story with four checked facts.
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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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Convince your parents: 12 conversation cards
Twelve printable cards, each with a claim a child can make, the evidence sentence with its source, a reply to objections and a family…