Environmental Pollution

Our Resources

A Brief History of Plastic
A look into the history of how, when and why this material ushered in the plastics century.

Beach Litter Facts
The facts about beach litter and where it comes from. 

Binbag Autopsy
The first step in solving a litter problem is finding out what is being dropped and where it’s coming from.  In this exercise, you’ll investigate the types of litter being dropped in your community and make an Action Plan to stop it.

Build a Wormery
Watch Rachel from The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland explain how to build your very own wormery. 

Comic Strip Template
Create a comic strip about the story of a plastic bottle, a marine animal or anything else!

Don't Waste Our Future
A food waste reduction charter created by young people across Europe.

Doughnut Economics (14+)
To learn about the concept of Doughnut Economics and how to stay within planetary boundaries.

Fast Fashion (10+)
Explore your relationship with fashion.

Fast Fashion Alternatives
To learn about alternative options to fast fashion in a fun way. 

Fast Fashion Supply Chains (14+)
Do you know the steps that go into making a pair of jeans?

Experiment - It's Just an Apple!
How long does it really take litter to degrade? Find out with this experiment.

Lights, Camera, Plastic
Share your thoughts about plastic pollution in a 3 minute campaign video informing others about the issue and what everyone can do about it.

Litter & Waste Live Lesson 2021  
The impact of litter on animals, how we used to live and what we can all do. 

Litter Analysis
An activity to convert data to a graph to make it easily understood by anyone who sees it. 

Litter Campaign Posters
Resources to support a litter campaign at your school. 

Marine Litter Posters
Clean Up Scotland posters focusing on marine litter (scroll to the bottom of the page).

Mini Live Lesson with Paws On Plastic
We welcome Scottish charity Paws On Plastic for inspiring actions to tackle litter

My Beach Your Beach: Ayr BeachMy Beach Your Beach: Ayr Beach
Curriculum-linked classroom resource for S1-S6 on the water quality issues that can affect your local bathing water

My Beach Your Beach: Troon Beach
Curriculum-linked classroom resource for S1-S6 on the water quality issues that can affect your local bathing water

My Beach Your Beach: Irvine
Curriculum-linked classroom resource for S1-S6 on the water quality issues that can affect your local bathing water

My Beach Your Beach: Saltcoats & Ardrossan
Curriculum-linked classroom resource for S1-S6 on the water quality issues that can affect your local bathing water

My Beach Your Beach: Kinghorn Harbour
Curriculum-linked classroom resource for S1-S6 on the water quality issues that can affect your local bathing water

My Beach Your Beach: Portobello
Curriculum-linked classroom resource for S1-S6 on the water quality issues that can affect your local bathing water

My Beach Your Beach: Fisherrow Sands
Curriculum-linked classroom resource for S1-S6 on the water quality issues that can affect your local bathing water

My Beach Your Beach Teacher's Guide
Teach your class about a topical local environmental quality issue and encourage them to care for beaches and bathing waters.

Ocean Plastics Live Lesson
Join Doug Allan for a lesson on ocean plastics. 

Ocean Plastics Classroom Resource
To accompany the Ocean Plastics Live Lesson. 

Our Waste Collection Services
Can you imagine what the impact would be on all of us if waste collection services were withdrawn?

Plastic Pollution Live Lesson 2022 
What are the problems and benefits of plastic? How did we end up having such a big problem with plastic?

Roadside Litter Presentation
A PowerPoint presentation about the issue of Roadside Litter for Upper Primary.

Roadside Litter Teaching Resource
Teaching resource to accompany our presentation.

Scottish Spring Clean Live Lesson 2022
Interactive lessons supporting Scottish Spring Clean - one of our flagship campaigns to keep Scotland beautiful. 

Sea Turtle Game
A simple way for children to understand the impacts of plastic pollution on wildlife.

Single Use Plastic
Find out how much single use plastic you use.

Source to Sea Litter
Investigate the pathway from source to sea in your community. 

The Story of Bottled Water
Look into the concept of manufactured design, and how a marketing decision helped make single use plastic popular.

Waste Audit
Find out what's in the bin and how you can make less waste.

Wildlife Watching
How to spot wildlife at Scotland's beaches.