One of our on-going campaigns is to pick up 100,000 pieces of single-use plastic (mainly the BIG 4) to highlight just how much single-use plastic is in our environment; spoiling our…
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Hello! We’re Amy and Ella Meek, aged 16 and 14, and the founders of Kids Against Plastic!
Not long ago we came across the UN’s Global Goals and got inspired to do our bit for the planet, and after finding out about the negative effect single-use plastic is having on the environment, we launched the Kids Against Plastic campaign.
Our charity has three main aims that we hope to achieve through: EDUCATION (learning) and ACTION (doing)
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Aims
- Raise awareness and understanding of the problems caused by plastic misuse
- Encourage and support others to become ‘Plastic Clever’ and reduce single-use plastics
- Empower children and young people to believe they can make a difference
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Find resources for kids, teachers and families, as well as a stack of ideas to help you to start taking action against single-use plastics.
Plastic News Stories
- Update: Kemp’s ridley turtle rescued on Seaford Beach
- Grey seal chewing glass bottle strengthens need for ‘all-in’ Deposit Return Scheme
- The results are in for this year’s Great British Beach Clean
- It’s #iwillWeek and we’re celebrating the power of youth
- The Wales National Marine Plan – a first for Wales!
- Great support for Highly Protected Marine Areas
- Make Highly Protected Marine Areas happen
- Large numbers of Portuguese Man O’ War spotted on UK beaches
- New Good Fish Guide ratings show value of UK seafood
- Thousands of volunteers clean up for the Great British Beach Clean
The 2020 budget was recently released with no new measures to address single-use plastic usage, only the current tax on plastic (with <30% ♻️ content) from the 2019 budget which starts next year. This may sound soon, but to show you the difference a year are the photos below👇
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Allport Cargo Services We’re delighted to announce Allport Cargo Services have achieved Plastic Clever Business status! Ramona is proud to have formed a dedicated and passionate team tasked with developing…
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Our hearts are bursting 💕! Look at what the wonderful Adele has been up to – she’s been selling homemade marmalade to raise money for Kids Against Plastic. She’s only…
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Recorded at Geneva airport before Amy and Ella headed back home after presenting at the Young Activist Summit at the UN HQ on December 10th 2019.
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On a recent trip to the Portuguese islands of The Azores, the Kids Against Plastic team saw it not so much as a holiday, but an opportunity to investigate if...
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This resource introduces students to the sea turtles of Costa Rica and the importance of their habitat, assesses the dangers that they face and encourages students to consider how they…
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One of our on-going campaigns is to pick up 100,000 pieces of single-use plastic (mainly the BIG 4) ... here's our latest update.
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We’re delighted to feature some useful tips and advice for schools looking to reduce their plastic consumption from Georgeham Primary School in Devon. Download the PDF below. Well done everyone…
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The UK Plastics Pact are tackling the issue of problematic or unnecessary single-use plastic, changing how we make, use, reuse and recycle these items. 2020 is fast approaching… just over…
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We’re pleased to announce that Bambin au Naturel has achieved Plastic Clever Business status! Camille and Jean at Bambin au Naturel, are proud to have a plastic free workplace stating...
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Speaking at the House of Commons never loses its excitement, and walking into Parliament to speak still gave me the nervous thrum of energy as the previous times I’ve spoken...
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Amy investigates what happens if microfibres are released from our clothes when they are washed in a washing machine, and if they are, what happens to the fibres once they enter…
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With the current governmental push for a deposit return scheme, and a continuous reliance on recycling as the answer to our plastic consumption, should we really be focussing all our…
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Amazing work Lydgate Juniors!
We received an email this week from the teacher involved the great environmental that's taking place at Lydgate Junior School and it's no exaggeration to say how blown away we were! Their efforts to raise awareness of plastic pollution was not just limited to within their school, or to the parents and carers of the pupils - no, they succeeded on spreading key environmental messages far and wide.
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Safe Opportunities offer structured employability pathway programmes to help young people transition safely from school into workplace. We agree that this is such an important time in a young person's life and we welcome them onto the Plastic Clever Business initiative.
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It was great to get an email from Jessie's Mum saying Jessie wanted to join Kids Against Plastic.
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Huge congratulations to Town Lane Infants for achieving Plastic Clever School status! The work that pupils did was nothing short of outstanding; so rich, colourful and creative. You can just tell they had so much fun learning.
We were so impressed that we wanted to use them as a great example of what can be achieved. We've included some of their photos too so you can see the exhibits the children worked on.
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Here are five easy ways you can reduce how much single-use plastic you use.
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The final workshop in a series of four from The Environment Agency, focussing on human impact on the oceans, microplastics and how to conduct a survey in the field.
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Amy and Ella recorded this video a couple of years ago when they were invited to speak in schools around the UK but couldn’t make it. The girls might look...
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Be Plastic Clever We all have a part to play in contributing towards turning the plastic tide. In our TEDx talk at Exeter, Kids Against Plastic set out their Plastic...
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A case study and guide for becoming a Plastic Clever Guide or Scout Group. Thanks to Hannah Marsh and the 1st Thatcham Guides, we have just made available a case study and activity guide for any Scout or Guide group wanting become Plastic Clever.
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We're aiming to pick up 100,000 plastic bottles, lids, cups, straws (and microplastics) from all around the globe - beaches, forests, road-sides, anywhere we find them. Why 100,000 - this is the number of sea mammals supposedly killed each year from being trapped in plastic or by eating it.
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