National Recycling Week - Reducing Lunchbox Waste

National Recycling Week - Reducing Lunchbox Waste

Activity 1 of 4 in this unit

  • Early Learning
  • Technology
  • Design and Technologies
  • Environmental
  • Recycling
  • Sustainability
  • Economic
  • Design Thinking
  • ...

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Children look at how to reduce the amount of packaging from their lunchboxes that ends up in landfill by creating a circular economy comic to change their behaviours.

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  • This activity is designed to help connect children to the wonders of the natural world through sensory and play-based learning.

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Outcome 2:

  • Children are connected with and contribute to their world
  • Children become socially responsible and show respect for the environment

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Planet Ark’s National Recycling Week started in 1996 to bring a national focus to the environmental benefits of recycling. This highly regarded annual campaign continues to educate and stimulate behaviour change by promoting kerbside, industrial and community recycling initiative. It also gives people the tools to minimise waste and manage material resources responsibly at home, work and school. In partnership with Planet Ark, we have developed lessons from early learning through to year 10 to help educators bring these important topics into the classroom.

National Recycling Week is held in the second week of November each year but you can recycle all year-round with these lessons which were designed to be used at any time. Click here to find out more about National Recycling Week and the Schools Recycle Right Challenge. 

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