Litter & Waste

The Litter & Waste Topic can help you take action on litter in your school grounds and community, as well as carry out waste minimisation actions such as recycling and composting.

You need to carry out one litter pick or survey per year as part of your Green Flag application.

Support for the Litter & Waste Topic

Litter & Waste Live Lessons

Lessons and classroom activities to support your work on the Litter & Waste Topic. 

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Spring Clean Scotland

Our campaign which brings together people from across Scotland to tackle litter. 

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Resource Library

Search through our library of resources to find lesson plans, experiments or activities for your class. 

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Our wider work to help Scotland become litter free.

National Litter & Flytipping Strategy

We're supporting the Scottish Government to deliver the National Litter and Flytipping Strategy for Scotland which was published in June 2023, alongside Zero Waste Scotland and the Scottish Environment Protect Agency (SEPA).  
Roadside Litter Campaign

We know that roadside litter poses a real threat to Scotland’s, already depleted, wildlife, it can pollute waterways, as well as an enormous expense to the public purse through costly and dangerous clean ups.  
Community Litter Hub

The Community Litter Hub will help inspire you to tackle the litter emergency locally.  This valuable resource provides information, advice and support to  individuals, community groups and other relevant local organisations on tackling litter and littering behaviour.

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