We would like you and your child to take part in the Big Plastic Count 2024 from Monday 11th in the morning to Sunday 17th March in the evening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0nQHO7Mw-k
In 2022, nearly 250,000 people from schools, households and communities across the country made The Big Plastic Count the biggest ever investigation into UK household plastic waste. It showed that nearly 100 billion pieces of plastic are thrown away in the UK each year, with hardly any of it recycled.
The rest is burned, sent abroad or ends up in landfill. We can’t recycle our way out of the plastic waste crisis
By joining thousands of people across the country and counting all the plastic you throw away for a week, you can gather the vital evidence needed to convince UK ministers, supermarkets and big brands to lead the way at the global talks that could finally phase out plastic production for good.
It’s easy! count as you throw!
Simply mark every piece of plastic package as you throw it away in your bin or recycling on the Let’s Count Tally Sheet
TOP TIPS
1. Put the Let’s Count Tally Sheet up on your fridge, or near your bin or recycling.
2. Tell everyone you live with that you’re going to be taking part and ask them to include their plastic waste in the count too.
3. Using the Let’s Count Tally Sheet, record the different types of household plastic packaging waste you use for one week. This includes plastic going in your bin and plastic you put out for recycling.
4. Use the Plastic ID Tool to look up plastic items if you need to.
5. Remember to write down any piece of plastic packaging you use while out and about, then mark it on your tally sheet when you get back home.
Record your results online by 31st March using your class unique link; https://thebigplasticcount.com/submit/2955/skipper-3 . The platform will be able to work out each class plastic carbon footprint as well as our schools.
Prizes to be won for the top three classes that have the most children that record their results. Prizes include any item off the Learn Play Nexus Education Resource Website https://learnplaynexus.com/ a £20 Amazon Voucher, Any Outdoor resource item from Empties Please list.
Good Luck!