Special Days in June Activities: World Environment Day

Did you know?

In 2025, World Environment Day focuses on ending plastic pollution. With millions of tonnes of plastic waste entering rivers and oceans each year, this pollution severely harms wildlife. For example, turtles often swallow plastic bags, mistaking them for jellyfish, and seabirds feed plastic pieces to their chicks. Yet, solutions exist: banning single-use plastics, using reusable containers and improving recycling systems are effective ways of combatting the plastic problem. Community cleanups and biodegradable alternatives also help. By refusing, reducing, reusing, recycling and rethinking plastic use, we can all do our bit to protect the world’s precious ecosystems and wildlife.

Recommended Activities:

🧠 Having watched the video clip, test your knowledge of plastic pollution by completing the Plastic Pollution multiple choice quiz. Click here for the quiz

🔢 Beach Clean Up – Work with fractions in this maths investigation developed with the NRICH team, while exploring how beach clean-ups help reduce plastic pollution in the ocean.

🔢 Eco-Craft Fair – Use your number and money skills in this maths investigation developed with the NRICH team, and learn how repurposing plastic can reduce pollution in rivers and oceans.

🦈 For more exciting activities, download the Oceans and Plastics Pollution KS2 activity handbook, created by the WWF in collaboration with TES.