#Trashtag: The Online Challenge Cleaning Places Up

Provided by: BBC |Published on: April 27, 2021

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Synopsis

This article introduces students to the #Trashtag challenge, where people go to a place, clean it up, and post before and after pictures on social media.
The article conveys an important message that we need to get to the root of the problem by first refusing to purchase disposable items, then reduce, reuse, and (as a last resort) recycle.

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Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences

Authors: BBC News

Region: Global

Languages: English

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Positives

The social media component of this challenge will be engaging for teenage students.
The article provides nice images to accompany the text and includes examples of posts from around the world.
The challenge encourages students to help keep the environment clean.

Prerequisites

It may be beneficial to explain to students that many plastics are not able to be recycled and that disposable items are primarily made from new materials, not recycled materials.

Differentiation & Implementation

Teachers can encourage students to participate in the challenge and share their before and after pictures with the class.
Students can create their own hashtag challenge to encourage their community members to participate in a particular activity related to the environment.
Teachers can design a campaign for waste management and divide students into teams, with each team having a specific task such as designing the logo, creating a hashtag, and choosing activities.

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