• Litter is waste in the wrong place and there are many different causes.
• Littering is illegal and you can be fined £80 for throwing down or dropping an item in any open public space.
• Not cleaning up after a dog you are responsible for when it fouls in a public open space is illegal and you can be fined £80 if you do not pick up. In total litter and fly-tipping costs Scotland over £78 million each year.
• £53 million of public money is spent each year on the direct costs of litter and fly-tipping (e.g. clean up, enforcement, education), that’s over £1 million a week!
• 80% of marine litter comes from land-based sources, by stopping litter on land we can help prevent it entering water courses and ending up in our seas and oceans.
• SCRAPantics have diverted 45 tonnes of waste away from landfill and used this to inspire creative projects across Dundee – help us to make it even more!

There are lots of initiatives for you to get involved with on at a national and local level. Including: 

• Creating a Litter Prevention Action Plan for your school. 
• Gathering data on litter through litter surveys. 
• Learn about single use plastic and what alternatives there are. 
• Dundee’sTake Pride In Your City campaign. 
• Clean Up Scotland all year round and their annual spring clean in April and May, and the #2MinuteCleanUp. 
• Join Beautiful Scotland and/or the It's Your Neighbourhood scheme. 
• As an Eco Group, can you help your school collect recycling or encourage more recycling? 

• SCRAPantics can provide support to identify ways to embed creativity and environmental art into the curriculum. 
• The Scrapstore is located in Meadow Mill, it’s open to the public, and they have a huge array of materials and resources, and space to run workshops. 
• Baldovie and Riverside HWRC Recycling Centres

• Keep Scotland Beautiful: Clean Up Scotland, Handy Litter Resources, Upstream Battle on the Tay and It's Your Neighbourhood
• Zero Waste Scotland’s website and social media have great resources: Zero Waste Scotland, Communications Resources
• Bin It Education Resources
• Marine Conservation Society: Fun and Learning Resources & Campaigns

Grove Academy pupils have been improving their local environment, working closely with local groups, such as Broughty Ferry in Bloom and their local primary school: 

• The pupils carry out litter picks, an annual beach clean and litter survey for the Marine Conservation Society’s Great British Beach Clean. They supported campaigns: Keep Scotland Beautiful’s ‘Give Your Litter a Lift’ and ‘My Beach, Your Beach’ campaign through litter picking and litter surveys. 

• The pupils also help brighten up their local environment and improve biodiversity by planting in two areas of Broughty Ferry: Shiell Street and Queen Street car park. Both projects are registered with the It’s Your Neighbourhood scheme. 

• Help to raise the profile of Waste Education within the school environment. 
• Help to bring about a positive change in behaviour towards waste minimisation and management in schools, cascading down and into the home. 
• Find ways to develop and enhance the services we offer to schools. 
• We can attend/assist at school assemblies, class talks/events, arrange visits to recycling centres and attend Eco Group Meetings. 
• There are different recycling rates and types throughout the city, we can support you to monitor what your school recycles/wastes and how to work this out.

• Put you in touch with local community groups to work on tackling litter. 
• Provide advice for your litter pick (e.g. locations, how to arrange, campaigns you can get involved with). 
• Lend equipment for litter picks/clean ups. 
• Provide information on the Council’s Take Pride in Your City campaign, and how your Eco-school can get involved. 
• Help share and promote the good work you are doing through the Council’s Take Pride in Your City campaign. 
• Help support you to create a Litter Prevention Action Plan (LPAP) for your school. 
• Provide advice on Keep Scotland Beautiful initiatives such as Clean Up Scotland, Beautiful Scotland, It’s Your Neighbourhood, and Upstream Battle on the Tay. 
• Find ways to develop and enhance the services we offer to schools. 
• We can attend/assist at School Assemblies, Class Talks/Events, Visits to Recycling Centre, Attend Eco Group Meetings. 

Experiences and Outcomes 
SCIENCE: Properties and uses of substances

SCN 0-15a, SCN 1-15a

NUMERACY AND MATHEMATICS (Information handling)

MNU 0- 20b, MNU 1-20b, MNU 2-20b 

Eco-Schools At Home Activities Litter & Waste

Eco-Schools Curricular Maps - Litter & Waste

arts and crafts textile design technical studies fashion creativity teamwork

planet earth

science environmental studies biodiversity interdependence language 
citizenship