Litter Less Case Studies
Over the past seven years, we have worked with 191 schools across Scotland through the Wrigley Litter Less Campaign. Here are some of the best examples of how participating schools have worked in partnership with their communities to improve local environmental quality in the places they care about.
Allanton Primary School
Pupils started a project to improve recycling and prevent litter in their school grounds.
Anderson High School
Pupils combined their John Muir Award and participating in Da Voar Redd Up to increase achievement.
Apple Tree Nursery
Children took to the shore to decrease the amount of unwanted rubbish on the beach.
Ardnahoe Nursery
Children undertook a project to raise awareness of dog poo surrounding their nursery.
Aultmore Park Primary School
Pupils set up a system to award house points to the house with the cleanest playground.
Ballachulish Primary School
Pupils organised a community clean up and distributed dog fouling bags to the community.
Bargeddie Primary School
Pupils worked to improve the environmental quality of their community using their funding.
Beattlie School
Pupils carried out litter picks on the Union Canal, and worked to make the school plastic free.
Blackfriars Primary School
Pupils cleaned up an area used by everyone and designed a new litter poster campaign
Cambusbarron Primary School
Pupils took their campaign beyond the school gate by taking on a dog fouling problem in their village.
Carnbroe Primary School
Pupils purchased bins, litter picking equipment and a banner to improve a litter problem in their grounds.
Castlebay Community School
Pupils combined projects on Litter and Waste with another school and conducted a clean up of a local beach.
Clacks Support Service
Pupils attending the service set themselves the goal of reducing litter in the school and the surrounding area.
Cornton Nursery
The nursery held monthly community action days and worked to combat fly tipping, vandalism and littering.
Deanpark Primary School
Pupils decided to clean up Bavelaw Burn after expressing concern at litter affecting people and wildlife.
Doune Primary School
Pupils minimised waste produced by the school and found an innovative way to reuse food waste.
Furnace Primary School
Pupils used their Wrigley Litter Less funding to clear litter from their neighbouring beach and village.
Gavinburn Primary School
Pupils adopted a local wildlife area to take care of and organised a community clean up.
Glenburn Primary School
Pupils encouraged everyone in their school to not only put their rubbish in a bin but to recycle it whenever possible.
Golfhill Primary School
Pupils chose their local burn and organised a community clean up day, with parents and local organisations.
Hamilton College
Pupils cleaned up a local burn, organised a litter pick and studied the effects of litter on water quality and wildlife.
Happy Days Nursery
Children held a day of action on with a litter pick in all nearby streets. Nearly 100 people attended to help.
James Gillespies Primary School
Pupils improved both recycling and litter in the school with posters, new bins and a community litter pick.
Lochinver Early Learning Centre
Children looked at the effects of micro plastics and encouraged local fishermen to join the KIMO initiative.
Mearns Primary School
Pupils improved recycling rates and reduced litter with a campaign of posters, and a cartoon character.
Pear Tree Nursery
Children created litter posters and carried out a Clean Up with pupils from the nearby high school.
Rannoch Nursery
Children designed their own bin and reached out to local high school pupils with as Litter Police.
Litter Less Around the World
A look at the Wrigley Litter Less Campaign in schools around the world from Organizacion Pro Ambiente Sustentable (OPAS) in Puerto Rico.
