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#BeatPlasticPollution for World Environment Day
World Environment Day takes place on June 5 and this year’s theme is #BeatPlasticPollution
INDIVIDUALS: 10 Points
SCHOOLS: 100 Points
Challenge dates
4/5/2025 - 2/7/2025
- Hosted by : Planet Earth Games
overview
World Environment Day takes place on June 5 and this year’s theme is #BeatPlasticPollution
Here’s some facts about Plastic Pollution according to ClientEarth:
- Over 50% of plastic only gets used
once and thrown away
- Over 98% of single use plastic comes
from fossil fuels
- Only 9% of plastic ever produced globally
has been recycled
- Scientists estimate there are about 171 trillion
pieces of plastic in the ocean
- An estimated 300,000 whales, dolphins and porpoises
die every year from discarded plastic fishing gear
- Microplastics were found in the blood of 80% of people
tested in a recent study
- Plastic production will generate the same amount of
planet-warming pollutants as 615 coal-fired power stations by
2040 if production continues at the current rate
Your challenge is to undertake a plastic audit at home or at work and put in place
alternatives to single use plastic that contributes to reducing plastic production and the risk of plastic pollution.
What's THE PROCESS?
- Register your interest in each challenge
- Take part
- Submit photo or video evidence of completing the challenge
- Once approved by our administrators, collect points and badges
- See how you measure up on the leaderboards
- Sleep
- Repeat
POINTS FOR INDIVIDUAL SUBMISSIONS:
How many points can I win for each challenge?
- 10 points for completing a virtual challenge and submitting evidence
- 10 points for attending an in-person challenge and submitting evidence
- 20 points for suggesting your own challenge and it being successfully accepted by Planet Earth Games
- 25 points for completing a challenge that coincides with an environmental occasion (e.g. Earth Day) as identified by Planet Earth Games
- 50 points for completing a challenge that lasts one week or more as identified by Planet Earth Games (e.g. Veganuary)
POINTS FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL GROUP SUBMISSIONS:
How many points can our school win for each challenge?
- 100 points for completing a virtual challenge and submitting evidence
- 100 points for attending an in-person challenge and submitting evidence
- 250 points for completing a challenge that coincides with an environmental occasion (e.g. Earth Day) as identified by Planet Earth Games
- 500 points for completing a challenge that lasts one week or more as identified by Planet Earth Games (e.g. Veganuary)
Earn badges:
There are 8 challenge themes each represented by a different badge:
Good Health and Wellbeing
Affordable and Clean Energy
Sustainable Cities and Communities
Responsible Consumption and Production
Climate Action
Life Below Water
Life on Land
Partnerships for the goals
When you complete 3 challenges within the same theme you earn the corresponding badge.
EARN PLANET CHAMPION STATUS BADGES:
Keep earning those points! For each milestone you reach, you will be awarded a Planet Champion Status badge.
Track your progress on your profile page.
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