Use cloth shopping bags. Use plastic containers over again. Use or buy recycled products. Use plastic trays for lunch. Bring lunches from home in cloth bags or reusable lunch boxes.
Students advocate the reduction of waste products.
Ask the students to find an example of a product that is over-packaged. Then have students list the materials that are used in the packaging. Ask students to write letters to the producers of the products they identified. The letter should ask the manufacturer to change the way the product is packaged. Reflect, summarize and discuss.