Be Plastic Clever
How to Become a plastic clever school
Becoming a Plastic Clever School requires a school (staff and pupils) to work together through a short sequence of simple and straight-forward steps to reduce the use of single-use plastic, including, and if possible, eliminating the BIG 4 plastic polluters and/or other common problem plastics.
So, this could be reducing:
- Cups + lids
- Straws
- Bottles
- Bags
- Cutlery and crockery
- Any other problem plastics in your school
- To achieve Plastic Clever status, schools need to eliminate a minimum of two types of plastic, and plan to eliminate two more over 2022.
Find out more about the awards and prizes on offer.
Join Plastic Clever Schools.
The Plastic Clever Schools FREE resources (guide/workbook and worksheets) are provided to support schools all the way from registration to achieving Plastic Clever School status.
The steps are described below:
The steps to becoming a plastic clever school
Level 1 – Inspire
- Actions and Evidence:
- Raise awareness about your mission to become a Plastic Clever School
- Host a litter pick for your school
- Record a short video message about why you're excited about becoming a Plastic Clever School
Learn about plastic pollution and encourage others to take action against single-use plastics in your school.
To complete the Inspire level, you have to submit all 3 pieces of evidence.
Level 2 – Investigate
- Actions and Evidence:
- Complete the Plastic Clever Schools audit
- Create your own action plan
Identify any problem plastics in school and prepare to take action against them.
To complete the Investigate level, you have to submit both pieces of evidence.
Level 3 – Act
- Actions and Evidence:
- Run your campaign to tackle at least two problem plastics in your school
- Share photo evidence
- Create a celebration video that includes a plan for how your going to reduce more types of plastic in the future
Take action to 'swap out' or remove single-use plastics.
To complete the Act level, you have to submit all 3 pieces of evidence.