Over the last year we have seen an unprecedented rise in public awareness regarding the unnecessary use of plastics especially single use plastic bottles, plastic bags and in food wrapping. This has led to campaigns in the media by young people on social media and other public platforms.As a result, in January 2018 the European Commission launched the First-ever Europe-wide strategy on plastics. In their report the Commission claims ‘The million tonnes of plastic litter that end up in the oceans every year are one of their most visible and alarming signs of the plastics problem, causing growing public concern. And with a single market for goods, this is a problem that necessarily requires a joint European response’. We simply could not manage this project on our own. We need a Europe wide approach to this global crisis.The Commission's strategy sets out plans to protect the environment from plastic pollution whilst promoting growth and innovation. This is the first Erasmus+ project in our regions to take up this mantle. Through this project we aim to develop teaching methods which tackle these issues and capitalise on the growing interest by young people in this topic to improve the competences and skills of our learners and their teachers whilst enthusing children from all backgrounds to engage in education. We aim to meet the challenges set out in the Erasmus+ Programme Guide and encourage young learners to play a role in active citizenship.Teachers will work closely together to support young learners and develop new classroom materials, promoting creativity and innovation throughout. They will engage in mobilities to develop their own skills and competences. Not only in teaching and learning, and creative teaching practices, but in confidence in managing a project such as this. Classroom practitioners will share good practice and bring new ideas to their own teaching practices in addition to disseminating good practice with other professionals in school and across regions.Pupils will benefit from training in running campaigns in their schools and in the community to reduce plastic waste. They will learn negotiating skills, understand the impact economically of plastic use reduction and apply this knowledge when approaching their campaigns. We will encourage our young people to be innovative in their approach. They will produce digital materials for use locally by the wider community but that they will share with other schools in their regions. More details can be found in the intellectual outputs section of this application.Pupils from all countries will engage in intercultural dialogue with each other through etwinning and other digital media, such as Whatsapp, Skype, email etc on a regular basis. We recognise the importance of pupil exchange so have built in number of pupil exchange visits. These visits will enrich the cultural understanding of all participants and impact greatly on global citizenship skills. A pupil conference will be held at the end of year 2 to which other schools will be invited and encouraged to start their own projects through, perhaps Erasmus+ KA2 Strategic or School Exchange Partnerships.Teachers, too, will benefit by engaging in the teacher training and job-shadowing activities which will develop competences in all participants.