P lastic Clever is positive award scheme that recognises people for making an effort to reduce the amount of single-use plastic they use.
If you think going plastic free is too hard to achieve (pretty impossible in our opinion) but you want to domsomething, then Plastic Clever might just be the thing you’re looking for.
The Plastic Clever mindset is a ‘way of thinking’ as much as anything else. It’s about being cleverer with our use of plastic; a material that has been made to literally last forever, and yet it’s used everyday in millions of single-use plastic products that have a 5 – 10 minute lifespan before being thrown away.
And the bulk of them are not even recycled. HONESTLY! That’s just stupid, isn’t?!
The BIG 4 plastic polluters are our main issue at the moment: the coffee cups + lids, plastic bottles, straws and plastic bags.
We’re not keen on plastic cutlery and some other easy-to-avoid items as well.
Just about everyone!
Seriously, we have awarded the Plastic Clever certificate and window sticker to: cafes, schools, festivals, businesses, families, Girl Guides, adventurers, individuals and even a Town Council.
You can see them all on the ‘Map of Cleverness’ below.
1. Register yourself on the map
If you would like to register yourself (or your school, business etc), just follow these steps:
- Check you meet the criteria (see the guides on the right-hand side of this page)
- Submit your registration Submit
That’s it! We’ll then contact you about sending you your window sticker, and then add you to the Map of Plastic Cleverness – see below.
2. Let us register you
- Check you meet the criteria (see right-hand side of this page)
- Take a photo and send it to us (using the form on the right)
That’s it! We’ll then get in touch with you.
The Map of ‘Plastic Cleverness’
BIG thanks to everyone listed below!
All the guides below are individual PDFs or a zip file of two PDFs
For school resources, follow this link to our Plastic Clever Schools page
If you are a family and you’d like to become Plastic Clever, please use this families help sheet.
If you want to reduce your single-use plastic usage as an individual, then the Individuals guide is the one for you.
Businesses keen to become Plastic Clever should follow the Business Resources link.
Here are the help documents for a cafe or restaurant aiming to become Plastic Clever
Make your Scout or Guide group Plastic Clever by using the Guide & Scout Groups support sheet.
Want to host a Plastic Clever festival? Then, use the Festivals help sheet to guide you.
Tell us about your good work and we’ll add you to the ‘Map of Plastic Cleverness’ .
Simply..
- Check you meet the criteria (above)
- Take a photo and send it to us using the form below.
Thank you.
Recent Plastic Clever Posts
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All schools that register on the Plastic Clever Schools initiative receives a free set of educational resources, and even more when they reach Plastic Clever School status. Sign up here:…
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Join teenage activists Amy and Ella Meek on their mission to rid the world of single-use plastics in this practical book, perfect for budding eco-warriors.
Be Plastic Clever will teach young activists about the dangers of plastic pollution and climate change, but also to help them find their voice. Amy and Ella want their book to help young readers shout about the issues they are passionate about and inspire them to become young activists in their own right.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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When ATAG (Air Transport Action Group) invited Amy and Ella to speak about single-use plastics at the Global Aviation Sustainability Summit in Geneva in October 2018, the Kids Against Plastic…
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Because of their commitment to reduce plastic waste as a company, as well as a service provider, Devon Norse have been recognised them as a Plastic Clever Business.
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A big well done to Abbotskerswell Primary School, who’ve got in touch to let us know about the great work that they’ve been doing! Some of the Year 6 students...
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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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An excellent video by Algalita a non-profit organisation dedicated to the protection of the marine environment. The video covers plastic (as a material) the issues associated with plastic pollution, and some…
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A zip file of posters (made by Kids Against Plastic) of the BIG 4 single-use plastic polluters that feature in the top 10 of ocean pollutants.
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One of the solutions to the plastic problem is Youth Social Action - engaging and activating a generation of young people to make a stand against issues they are not happy with, and doing something to improve them. Be Plastic Clever is an example of Youth Social Action, or Activism.
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Will McCallum, head of Greenpeace UK Oceans, gives us his five steps to becoming plastic free.
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Meet Ella, a 6-year-old Kid Against Plastic from Salcombe, Devon. She's recently been featured in her local newspaper, the Kingsbridge and Salcombe Gazette, for a very cool reason - she's...
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