Author: Mrs McNay

Put the Let’s Count Tally Sheet up on your fridge, or near your bin or recycling.

Tell everyone you live with that you’re going to be taking part and ask them to include their plastic waste in the count too.

Using the Let’s Count Tally Sheet, record the different types of household plastic packaging waste you use for one week. This includes plastic going in your bin and plastic you put out for recycling.

Use the Plastic ID Tool to look up plastic items if you need to.

Remember to write down any piece of plastic packaging you use while out and about, then mark it on your tally sheet when you get back home.

WHAT NOT TO COUNT

Don’t include: plasters, medication packaging, non-dairy milk/juice cartons, nappies, dog poo bags, plastic cutlery or period products.

We don’t want to include plastic items that are used for medical or sanitary reasons, or by people with disabilities who rely on plastic items for independence.

Also, we are not counting coffee cups or Tetra Pak, the plasticised cardboard material that many juice/milk cartons are made of.

Check out the Plastic ID Tool online to familiarise yourself with the kinds of plastics we’re counting up for this survey.

Once your household has completed the survey, your child will bring the sheet back to school and give it to an eco group member.

Thank you