Earth Day 2018
End Plastic Pollution
By Sophie Booth
“A World Without Plastic Pollution” is the focus for this year’s Earth Day campaign on April
22nd. The aim is to greatly reduce the amount of toxic plastic which ends up on landfill
and contaminating the worlds oceans by raising awareness of this issue and educating
people on how to properly recycle their househole waste.
Since the begining of this year, many organisations have already declared the ban of single
use plastics. In the UAE, hotel groups such as The Mariott and The Anantara and restaurant
chains The Noodle House and Freedom Pizza have all commited to stop using these single
use plactics in an effort to dramatically reduce plastic pollution.
Educating children and parents ensures that everyone begins to understand the
importance of recyling and reducing plastic waste, and for children it is especially
important to learn how to care for the world which they are growing up in.
Setting up a recycling station in your setting allows children and parents to be involved in
recycling first hand and helps them understand how to recyle waste properly - and why it
is so important!
Ask parents to bring in plastics, boxes and cans from home and have children sort these
for recycling. You could set up a recycling competiton between classess to see who can
collect the most materials for recyling at the end of each week.
The more we encourage children to be aware of the dangers of plastic and the benefits of
recycling, the better equipped they will be to care for the planet in the future.