Children commit to fight plastic pollution

Beyond plastic Med (BeMed) has designed four fun and educational workshops about plastic pollution.

A QUIZ ON WASTE
What waste is mostly commonly found in the sea? What are known as mermaid’s tears? How much time does it take a plastic bottle to biodegrade? What can you make with plastic bottles: a bicycle, a fleece, a t-shirt? Supported by the host’s comments,
the quiz answers emphasised the scale of plastic pollution in the ocean and its consequences on the environment and human health.

ALTERNATIVES TO PLASTIC
A picnic is laid out on a table. This scene reflects daily life: tablecloths, cutlery, bottles of water, containers, packaging… plastic is king. How can we
find alternatives? That is the challenge taken on by students in this workshop. They let their imaginations run wild and leave full of ideas to take action at their own level.

TIME TAKEN FOR WASTE TO BIODEGRADE

The goal of this workshop: working out how much time it takes cans, bottles and other waste thrown in the sea to start to biodegrade and lining them up in a timeline. 5 months for a cardboard box, 50 years for a tin can, 450 years for a nappy, 600 years for a fishing net… Children enjoyed the educational experience,
learning about concepts which are often difficult to understand.

OUR WORD TO SAY

This workshop consist of:
– asking children how to make the world aware of the problem, what communication means to use to spread the word and good practices
– interviewing the children on the subject (what is the problem, what are the solutions, what can they do at their scale, what do they want to tell people)

These young ocean ambassadors now have new tools in their hands to look more closely, transform their daily lives and their little corner of the planet!