Environmental Day / Environmental Action Day
Environmental Action Day
Children take part in a litter clean-up, sort waste into the right bins and share a waste-free afternoon tea.
How to run it
- Talk about where litter goes and why sorting waste matters.
- Hand out gloves and bags and clean up an outdoor area in teams.
- Sort collected items into landfill, recycling and compost bins.
- Share an afternoon tea with no single-use packaging.
You will need
- gloves
- bags
- labelled bins
- litter grabbers
- reusable containers
Make it easier or harderYounger children can sort only; older children can tally and graph their findings.
SafetyWear gloves, never pick up sharps or broken glass, and wash hands afterwards.
My Time Our Place · Outcome 2Children take action to care for their environment.
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