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School examples

Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy Ysgol Dewi Sant Holy Name Primary School

Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy worked with their local primary Pupils of Ysgol Dewi Sant, Vale of Glamorgan, watched Holy Name Primary school in Pembrokeshire held a
school and members of the community to carry out a clips from the recent BBC series Blue Planet II. whole school assembly on litter and waste, followed
litter picking Day of Action. They took photographs of by associated school work. In the classroom they
the litter hotspots and recorded how much litter they Being a school near the sea, they were concerned carried out letter writing, poster design and materials
collected. They used this information in an assembly about the negative impact plastic waste is having on sorting. Outdoor activities included a community
to highlight the issue to the whole school. the oceans and marine life. They were inspired to do litter pick in the surrounding areas, including the
something about it and wanted to reduce their plastic leisure centre. Homework activities included an
waste. investigative home recycling task and a request to
bring in items on the Day of Action for the charity
The school switched from small individual bottles of recycling box.
milk (along with straws) to large milk containers and
reusable cups. Following their activities pupils wrote letters to their
local council to raise awareness of local litter grot
They set about training staff and informing parents, spots.
then put their actions into place.

As a result, they halved their recycling each week
and cut down the amount of plastic being purchased.
They used to order 108 little bottles of milk a day with
straws, that’s 540 a week!