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Become a plastic clever school!
Is your school ready to reduce plastic pollution? With the Plastic Clever schools resources, you can take action today!
We offer free resources - a toolkit for teachers and a workbook for students - in english, indonesian, french and dutch. These offer step-by-step guidance through activities that put students at the heart of the action and actively reduce plastic waste at school.
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. - Nelson Mandela
How does it work?
The program is designed so that teachers and students can work with it independently. You can download a toolkit for teachers and a workbook for students. There are three main parts, each consisting of several tasks. Everything is explained in detail in the material that you can download below.
Inspire
Discover together why it is so important to take action!
Bring your entire class or school together to learn about plastic pollution.
Participate in a cleanup campaign or organize one yourself.
Share your commitment through a plastic clever pledge.
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Investigate
Go investigate!
Count all of the plastic used at school.
Determine which two types of plastic are the most problematic.
Make a plan to reduce or eliminate those two.
Act
Time for action!
Put your plan into practice with a campaign at school.
Take photos and videos of your process and show the change you've made.
Celebrate your success.
the importance of education
A big part of the solution to the plastic pollution problem involves educating the latest generation about the issues our planet is facing, and empowering them to make a positive impact. Awareness generated in schools influences parents, families and the wider community, leading to real change that spreads. We are proud to provide a global school program, called Plastic Clever Schools.
We work together with Common Seas to be able to offer this program for free to schools all over the world. Common Seas is a UK-based organization that works on stopping the flow of plastic pollution, to protect our ocean, our health, and our future.
So far, over 1500 schools have already joined Plastic Clever Schools. By adding the River Cleanup community to this story, the number will only go up in the coming years!
Core country pilot cases
We are already using these resources in our core countries: Belgium, Indonesia and Cameroon. In 2025 and 2026 we did, or are still doing a pilot projects across the world with a total of 32 schools testing the resources with support from our local education coordinators.
Find out more about our school programs in each country!
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Download free resources
You can take on this program anywhere in the world! Download the latest version in english below or check out the Plastic Clever Schools website for even more language options.
Get in touch
If you have any questions, please reach out to our team. We' would also be happy to hear about your experience with the program, so feel free to let us know how it goes!
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