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Food and Agricultural Organisation (UN): Do Good, Save Food - Teaching guides for different ages, including two core lessons and follow-up activities aimed at reducing food waste
WWF Plant to Plate - A waste-focused look at how we grow, cook and prepare our food. Includes composting and packaging
Love Food Hate Waste: Make Food Matter - Activities and food diaries allow pupils to track their food waste at home and school, then take action to reduce it.

RHS Earth Matters - Guides and activities for four hands-on sessions looking at soil, the compost lifecycle and worms
Garden Organic: Making Compost in Schools - A practical guide to setting up and maintaining successful composting in schools.
Homeowners Guide to Composting - For further resources and links on improving your home composting.

Suez STEM Education Resources - Presentations and activities which encourage pupils to think about the value of materials and to consider waste prevention and reuse ahead of recycling

Ellen MacArthur Foundation: How we make stuff - Downloadable activities exploring how products are currently made and asking whether there could be a better way.

Menstrual Product Guide for Pupils and Parents - a resource that can be used in PSHE lessons looking at various options for menstrual products, including reusables.

The Rubbish Monster Thing, Simon Chadwick, 2018 - A rhyming story about the actions we can all take to reduce our waste
Yucky Worms, Vivian French, 2015 - A closer look at worms and the important role they play in creating compost and aerating the soil
Zero Waste Kids, Kathryn Kellogg, 2020 - 30 achievable child-friendly challenges to reduce waste
Compost stew: an A to Z recipe for the Earth, Mary McKenna Siddals and Ashley Wolff, 2010 - A rhyming picture book introducing children to composting
I can reduce waste, Martha E.H. Rustad, 2020 - 30 achievable child-friendly challenges to reduce waste.

Food and Agricultural Organisation (UN) Do Good, Save Food - Teaching guides for different ages, including two core lessons and follow-up activities aimed at reducing food waste
Love Food Hate Waste: Make Food Matter - Activities and food diaries allow pupils to track their food waste at home and school, then take action to reduce it.

Suez STEM Education Resources - Presentations and activities which encourage pupils to think about the value of materials and to consider waste prevention and reuse ahead of recycling

Ellen MacArthur Foundation: How we make stuff - Downloadable activities exploring how products are currently made and asking whether there could be a better way.

Menstrual Product Guide for Pupils and Parents - a resource that can be used in PSHE lessons looking at various options for menstrual products, including reusables.

Six weeks to zero waste: a simple plan for life, Kate Arnell, 2020 - A six-week challenge for older pupils and adults
The True Cost of Technology: How to Shop to Change the World, Mary Colson, 2014 - A closer look behind the resources that are needed to build the technology we use every day
A Teen Guide to Eco Fashion, Liz Gogerly, 2013 - This book covers sourcing eco-friendly fashion as well as reuse, repair, recycling and maintaining the life of our clothes
This Book is Not Rubbish: 50 Ways to Ditch Plastic, Reduce Rubbish and Save the World! Isabel Thomas and Alex Paterson, 2018 - 50 tips to reduce waste and live a more sustainable lifestyle
My zero-waste kitchen, Kate Turner, Ruth O’Rourke-Jones and Will Heap, 2017 - As well as recipes, this includes tips for shopping, meal planning and storing food.