South Carolina
green step schools

Protect: Litter Prevention

Learn

Ask your mentor to do a presentation, then click on these links to learn more about litter-prevention at schools.

• PalmettoPride: Litter Lessons
• PalmettoPride: Louis Read Along Day
• PalmettoPride: Litter Trashes Everyone Marionette Show
• PalmettoPride: Other Resources 

• "Litter Ends Here: Educational Cartoons" from Keep Greenville Beautiful
  - Tires
  - Water Bottle
  - Plastic Bag
  - Glass Jar
  - Food Wrapper

Do

Litter Prevention Projects 

• Organize schoolyard litter pick-ups (one per year for each grade level at your school) OR plan community litter pickups. Then report litter pickup data to the appropriate person in your county.
• PalmettoPride: Litter-Free Games
• PalmettoPride: Adopt-A-Highway

Teach

Ideas for sharing student litter prevention knowledge

• Broadcast on school news shows
• Film and share informational videos
• Operate education tables at school or community events
• PalmettoPride: Litter Trashes Everyone Art Contest
  
• PalmettoPride: Children's Book Contest

Document Project(s)
Attach videos or pictures with detailed captions to your assigned GSS google form. Need a form or help? Contact Jane Hiller gss@eeasc.org.  

Sample Project: Litter Pickup

• Organize  litter pick ups on your school grounds or in your community.