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Litter & Waste

Litter & Waste

Litter & Waste covers actions on litter, dog fouling, flytipping, and graffiti, as well as waste minimisation actions such as recycling and composting. We require evidence from one litter pick or survey as part of your Green Flag application.


The Litter & Waste Topic has natural overlap with all other topics.

Spring Clean Scotland

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

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Litter & Waste Live Lessons

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

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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

Investigate the types of litter being dropped in your community.

Borrow a Mascot Costume

Dress up like a crisp packet for your litter picking event or assembly!

Comic Strip Template

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

Curricular Map: Litter & Waste

Experiences and Outcomes related to the Eco-Schools Litter & Waste Topic.

Don't Waste Our Future

A food waste reduction charter created by young people across Europe.

Doughnut Economics

Learn about Doughnut Economics and how to stay within planetary boundaries.

Experiment: Compost in a Bottle

What happens to food waste when it breaks down?

Experiment: It's Just an Apple!

How long does it really take litter to degrade? Find out with this experiment.

Fast Fashion

Explore your relationship with fashion.

Fast Fashion Alternatives

Learn about alternative options to fast fashion.

Fast Fashion Supply Chains

Do you know the steps that go into making a pair of jeans?

How to Build a Wormery

Rachel from The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland explains how to build your very own wormery.

How to Make Recycled Paper

Learn about how paper is made by making your own recycled paper in this practical activity.

Litter & Waste Live Lessons

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

Litter A to Z

See if you can find an item of litter for every letter of the alphabet. Look carefully!

Litter Analysis

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

Litter Audit Toolkit

How to contribute to citizen science with a litter pick.

Litter Pick Plus Toolkit

Our guide to running a successful Litter Pick event

Litter Scavenger Hunt

Can you find our Roadside Litter Mascots in your litter pick?

Litter Survey

Discover what types of litter are causing a problem in your community.

Live Lesson: Ocean Plastics

Join Doug Allan for a lesson on ocean plastics.

Live Lessons: Sustainable Living

Interactive lessons and classroom resources all about sustainable living.

Lunch Waste Audit

Conduct an audit of waste produced in your school canteen or lunch hall.

Plastic Fantastic? The Musical

A musical all about plastic to perform at your school.

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?

Plastic Pollution Wordsearch

How many words can you find?

Roadside Litter Colouring Sheet

Colouring sheet featuring our Roadside Litter Campaign Mascots.

Roadside Litter Presentation

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

Scottish SPCA - Litter Monster Activity

Design a Litter Monster that will help clear your local environment of all sorts of rubbish!

Sea Turtle Game

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

Sgrùdadh Sgudail

Dèan sgrùdadh sgudail fhad ’s a tha sibh a’ togail sgudail gus ionnsachadh dè seòrsa trioblaid a th’ agaibh agus gus ur cuideachadh le bhith a’ cumail sùil air an t-suidheachadh.

Single Use Plastic Activity

Find out how much single use plastic you use.

Single Use Plastic Infographics

Infographics from Scottish Government and Zero Waste Scotland on single use plastic

Story: It's Only One

Welsh author Tracey Corderoy reads her book ‘It’s Only One’ and leads a conversation about becoming an author. Tracey appears courtesy of the Scottish Book Trust.

Story: Someone Swallowed Stanley

Acclaimed author and naturalist Sarah Roberts reads her book ‘Somebody Swallowed Stanley’, and inspires us all to act on plastic pollution.

Suirbhidh Sgudail

Suirbhidh gus fiosrachadh fhaighinn mun sgudal a tha na thrioblaid anns a’ choimhearsnachd agaibh.

The Story of Bottled Water

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

UNEP - How You Can Beat Plastic Pollution

Our planet is drowning in plastic pollution—it's time for change!

Wardrobe Audit

Have a look in your wardrobe and think about how we can take care of our clothes to make them last.

Waste Audit

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

Trash Hack

UNESCO Classroom resources on waste reduction

When Food Becomes Trash

Food waste and climate lesson from Deutsche Welle in partnership with FEE.

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