Does plastic rule your life or is your plastic footprint microscopic?  Or are you somewhere in the middle? 

Take action now to cut down your plastic usage. That means reducing, reusing or replacing your plastic items. 

Cut 1 single-use plastic item from your life: 5 points

Cut 2 single-use plastic items from your life: 10 points

Cut 5 single-use plastic items from your life: 25 points

What alternatives to plastic did you end up using? 

 Here’s a fun way for you to learn more about the plastics problem: watch a movie!

Watch one of them and then share the link with friends within your on / offline community using the #CleanSeas hashtag. Ask them to watch it and include a personal message about why you think it’s important. Discuss the movie with friends after everyone has watched it. 

Watch one movie: 5 points

Watch both movies: 10 points

Hold a movie screening for at least 5 people for either or both movies: 15 points

With 5 friends, talk through how you are each taking action to reduce your plastic habits and come up with 3 things that you can do collectively to make a difference.

Use Whatsapp or a similar app to share photos and ideas and then re-group to check on your progress in 1 month’s time. How much have you reduced your plastic use?

Maintain the group and stick to its goals for one month: 5 points

Maintain the group and stick to its goals for two months: 10 points

Maintain the group and stick to its goals for six months: 20 points

Play the computer game Dumb Ways to Kill the Ocean and get a certificate for your hard work!

Play the game at least once: 5 points

Discover your creative side! Collect as much discarded plastic as you can and try to make art or a craft out of it. Can you make a cool collage? A bracelet? A sculpture of the CleanSeas hashtag? If you and your friends enjoy the challenge, how about taking it bigger and organizing a craft fair at your school, showcasing the beautiful items you designed out of plastic waste?

Segregate and pick some of your household plastic waste before it reaches the trash bin: 5 points

Make a piece of art out of discarded plastics and share it on the hashtag: 10 points

Write a strong 15-word message inspiring people to segregate plastic waste, recycle it and display it along with your art: 20 points

Making it simple: Who does the grocery shopping in your home? Place a sign together with re-usable bags in the car or right by the door, so whoever does the shopping will have them on hand. Prepare a few sets of re-usable straws, cutleries, and food containers that your family members can keep on hand too, so they’ll have no excuses next time they eat out or get takeout. Do an inventory of their toothpastes, face washes, etc., to check for microplastics and give them the names of some safe alternatives to buy instead.

Can you think of other ways to make it easier for them to reduce their plastic footprint? After a while, did they start remembering to make these changes on their own?

For each type of single-use plastic you get people to replace with a reusable item: 10 points

Plastic pollution—and fighting plastic pollution—affects everyone in a different way. For example, a shopkeeper might be worried about a ban on plastic shopping bags if no cheap alternative is available. Ocean wildlife, on the other hand, would be pretty happy with a ban on all single-use plastics. A mayor or local councillor might want to tackle plastic trash to make the area beautiful and encourage tourists. But it’s also expensive to provide more trash bins and recycling services.

Carrying out the role play: 10 points