Teachers and Students
A list of suggested actions you can take in your local schools.
Select an action to go to a page with detailed directions.
Actions
Actions
When it’s back-to-school time, an average U.S. family spends about
When it’s back-to-school time, an average U.S. family spends about
$600 per child on supplies. Here’s how to buy less and buy better this year:
$600 per child on supplies. Here’s how to buy less and buy better this year:
Resources
Plastic Pollution Coalition's resources for educators and students
Cafeteria Culture's lessons and toolkits and Microplastic Madness documentary
5 Gyres Trash Academy series and standards-aligned curriculum.
Algalita including educational tools for the Story of Plastic and other elementary-geared resources
Infographic: Resources for Teachers - Toward a Plastic-Free World
Partners
Partner: Teachers and Students
Partner: Teachers and Students
Plastic Free Breakfast in the Maple Street School in Hopkinton, NH
Background
Teaching youth to rethink plastic use and disposal can have positive long-term impacts as we move to a just, zero-waste future.