Zero Waste Week encourages people to reduce landfill waste by rethinking consumption habits and prioritising reuse, repair, and recycling.

What young people, schools & community centres can do

• Waste-free lunch challenges

• Repair cafés (fix broken items instead of throwing away)

• Swap shops (books, clothes, stationery)

• Composting initiatives

• Plastic-free classroom challenges

Whole-school / organisational approaches

• Audit school waste streams (food, packaging, paper)

• Introduce reusable-only policies for events

• Reduce printing and move to digital systems where possible

• Partner with local recycling or sustainability organisations

• Long-term waste reduction strategy with targets

Social media ideas

• “My waste-free day” student diaries

• Classroom waste audits visuals

• Repair café success stories
  Hashtags:
  #ZeroWasteWeek #WasteLessLiveMore #ReuseReimagine #EcoSchools #BeyondAllyship