Teaching Resources for National Recycling Week

  • National Recycling Week Teaching Resources

    National Recycling Week is held in the second week of November each year. Naturally, you can recycle all year round with these lessons designed to be used at any time.

Lessons to bring sustainability and recycling in the classroom

Planet Ark’s National Recycling Week started in 1996 to bring a national focus to the environmental benefits of recycling. This highly regarded annual campaign continues to educate and stimulate behaviour change by promoting kerbside, industrial and community recycling initiative. It also gives people the tools to minimise waste and manage material resources responsibly at home, work and school. In partnership with Planet Ark, we have developed lessons from early learning through to year 10 to help educators bring these important topics into the classroom.

2025 National Recycling Week

Planet Ark's National Recycling Week runs from 10-16 November 2025 and offers a wide range of recycling-themed activities, lesson plans and events ideas that have been developed specifically for Australian schools.

Scroll down and download your favourite resources, and head to Planet Ark's website to see other ways you can get involved.

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                                                With thanks to our partners

                                                Held in the second week of November each year, Planet Ark National Recycling Week aims to educate and inspire households, schools, workplaces and councils to rethink their rubbish by following the waste hierarchy – reduce, reuse and then recycle. National Recycling Week helps you better understand what happens to your rubbish and recycling beyond the bin, and how to improve your environmental footprint with tips and ideas on applying the waste hierarchy to your daily life.