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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TEDx Exeter 2018
We were honoured to be asked to give a TEDx at Exeter – one of the biggest TEDx events in Europe. Our talk was about how we think people should not try and be plastic free (cos that’s pretty impossible), but instead to become Plastic Clever. We hope you enjoy it.
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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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The Wastepack Group provide compliance services to companies that have a legal obligation to comply to regulations regarding their packaging waste. We were delighted to make contact with them and look at how we might collaborate with them in the battle to raise awareness of the issues associated with single-use plastics.
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Ella (presenter of Sky Kids’ FYI – a weekly news programme for kids) and her sister (co-founder of charity Kids Against Plastic) were challenged by the FYI team to avoid…
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We were so excited to get an email from Emma expressing interest in getting involved with KAP. Emma is already very active with Surfers Against Sewage, but is keen to lead her school to becoming a Plastic Clever School in her role as a Kid Against Plastic.
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Working Gedling Borough Council In 2018, Kids Against Plastic presented their vision of a Plastic Clever Council to a full council meeting at the Gedling Civic Centre. It was well received...
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Here are some plastic-free Christmas tree decorations you can have a go at making - they are ideal for a gift for somebody, or for your own tree. Also featured...
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Here is an infographic we've been working on for a while to raise awareness of cigarette butts, both as a source of plastic litter but also as a threat to our health and freshwater and marine life. We've split this infographic across 3 sides of A4 so that you can easily print them out and trim them before making a large version of this information for your classroom or display boards.
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