Visy Recycling Education Resources

Recycling-focused teaching
activities for kids

Visy’s vision is to be the global leader in creating sustainable packaging solutions for a better world.

This curriculum package will explore the themes of recycling, closing the loop and taking positive action through a study of best practices. Students and their ideas will be the focus of the lessons – empowering young people to make sustainable choices and take action through knowledge.

New Visy unit

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Visy Glass - The Chemistry of Glass Recycling

  • Secondary
  • Year 7
  • Science
  • Chemistry
  • Environmental
  • Recycling
  • Sustainability

All Visy units

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Fundraising with Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme

  • Primary
  • Year 1 - 6
  • English
  • Informative writing
  • Mathematics
  • Numbers
  • Money
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Civics and Citizenship
  • Environmental
  • Recycling
  • Sustainability
  • Economic
  • Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
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Visy - Exploring Closed-Loop Recycling

  • Early Learning
  • Environmental
  • Recycling
  • Sustainability
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Visy - Recycling and Mathematic Skills

  • Primary
  • Foundation
  • Year 1 - 4
  • Mathematics
  • Environmental
  • Recycling
  • Sustainability
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  • Free
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Visy - Design Thinking for Sustainable Recycling Solutions

  • Primary
  • Year 5 - 6
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Environmental
  • Recycling
  • Sustainability
  • Economic
  • Design Thinking
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Visy - Improving Recycling Practices

  • Secondary
  • Year 7 - 10
  • Mathematics
  • Science
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Geography
  • Environmental
  • Recycling
  • Sustainability
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Visy - Sustainable Consumption Habits

  • Primary
  • Secondary
  • Year 3 - 10
  • English
  • Science
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Geography
  • Environmental
  • Recycling
  • Sustainability
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Visy - Creating Sustainable Solutions

  • Secondary
  • Year 7 - 8
  • Science
  • Chemistry
  • Physics
  • Human Endeavour
  • Environmental
  • Recycling
  • Sustainability
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Visy - Upcycling Cardboard

  • Primary
  • Year 5 - 6
  • Technology
  • Design and Technologies
  • Environmental
  • Recycling
  • Sustainability
  • Economic
  • Design Thinking

50 CoolPlus scholarships available thanks to Visy!

As part of Visy and Cool.org's longstanding partnership, Visy are offering educators 50 scholarships for 12 months' access to CoolPlus. CoolPlus offers ready-to-go teaching resources, including presentations and lesson plans, professional learning and an AI lesson builder that teachers trust. Bringing real-world topics, such as recycling, into the curriculum makes education broader and more engaging for students.

There are 50 scholarship positions available, so get in quick!

Please contact Amanda@cool.org!

With thanks to our Partner

These lessons were made in partnership with Visy. Click here to find out more about Visy and their innovative work in recovering and transforming recyclable materials into new products to preserve our earth’s precious resources.