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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 7 and 8).

Organisation
Planet Ark
Curriculum links
Australian Curriculum (via Cool.org)
Licence
Link only
Checked on
22 September 2026

Planet Ark's Recycling Near You schools programme offers zipped lesson packs for early learning, primary and secondary, a National Recycling Week challenge and the Australasian Recycling Label school tour. The framing is recycling-heavy; use it to teach 'recycle right' after you have led with refuse and reduce (recycling is the fourth R for a reason: only about 9% of plastic waste was recycled globally in 2019, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)).

Who made and funded this: Planet Ark, an Australian environmental not-for-profit funded by partnerships including packaging and retail companies (it co-owns the Australasian Recycling Label). Not an industry curriculum, but note the partners. Australian Curriculum aligned via Cool.org. Free; link only.

Sources last verified 22 September 2026. Page updated 24 September 2026. How we check sources