• War on Waste Education Resources

    These War On Waste teaching resources are designed to lead primary and secondary students through a deeper understanding of some of the big issues relating to waste in Australia and to support them in taking action to reduce the impact of waste on our environment.

What do your students think about waste? 

This series lets you bring the topic of waste management to a multitude of subjects, engaging students in the curriculum through topical content. 

Enhance your practice with professional learning

  • Professional learning
  • Cool+
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Using The Cool.org Hope Framework In The Classroom - Secondary

  • Secondary
  • Environmental
  • Social
  • Mental Health
  • Social and Emotional Learning
  • Economic
  • Professional learning
  • Cool+
  • ...

How To Teach Sustainability With Hope

  • Primary
  • Secondary
  • Foundation
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Science
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Geography
  • Health and Physical Education
  • The Arts
  • Technology
  • Languages
  • Work Studies
  • Environmental
  • Climate Change
  • Sustainability
  • Social
  • Economic
  • Professional learning
  • Cool+
  • ...

War On Waste - Use Primary Maths to Measure Waste

  • Primary
  • Year 4 - 6
  • Mathematics
  • Professional learning
  • Cool+
  • ...

War On Waste - Use Secondary Maths to Measure Waste

  • Secondary
  • Year 7 - 9
  • Mathematics
  • Environmental
  • Recycling
  • Sustainability

Popular Lessons

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War On Waste - Tuning Into Plastic Waste

  • Primary
  • Foundation
  • Year 1 - 4
  • Science
  • Environmental
  • Sustainability
  • Economic
  • Design Thinking
  • Lesson
  • ...

War On Waste - The Impacts Of Single-Use Plastics

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 6
  • Science
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Geography
  • Environmental
  • Sustainability
  • Economic
  • Design Thinking
  • Lesson
  • ...

War On Waste - Taking Action For Waste

  • Secondary
  • Year 7 - 10
  • Science
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Geography
  • Business and Economics
  • Environmental
  • Sustainability
  • Social
  • Social Action
  • Lesson
  • ...

War On Waste - Breaking Down The Problem With Plastic

  • Secondary
  • Year 7 - 10
  • Science
  • Environmental
  • Sustainability
  • Economic
  • Design Thinking

Primary and Secondary resources

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War On Waste - Waste Management

  • Primary
  • Foundation
  • Year 1 - 4
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Science
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Geography
  • The Arts
  • Environmental
  • Sustainability
  • Unit
  • ...

War on Waste - The Environmental impacts of Waste

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 6
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Science
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Geography
  • Business and Economics
  • Technology
  • Environmental
  • Sustainability
  • Unit
  • ...

War On Waste - Environmental Education Lessons on Waste and Sustainability

  • Secondary
  • Year 7 - 10
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Science
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Geography
  • Business and Economics
  • The Arts
  • Environmental
  • Sustainability

About the series

Planet advocate and prankster Craig Reucassel takes a deep dive into Australia's waste crisis to sort the facts from the PR spin, tracking down everyday solutions to help all of us do our part in the war on waste.

You can view the War on Waste series on ABC iview.

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With thanks to our partners

Cool Australia’s War On Waste lessons have been developed in partnership with Lune Media and with support from the Australian Environmental Grantmakers Network.