What is this project about?

​The multilateral Erasmus Partnership, ‘ImPAct’ consists of 4 schools: Collège Paul Drouot, Vouziers (F), Bodmin College (UK), IES José Frugoni Pérez, Telde (ES) and Oberschule Bederkesa, Geestland (D). The title ‘ImPAct’ stands for Implement Plastic Action.

From 2021 single use plastics will be banned in the EU. This is the European Parliament’s reaction to a study by an Expert Commission, which has identified the global environmental damage caused by plastic waste, and developed a strategy for plastics. Even if the huge plastic agglomerations carpeting the oceans are not in the immediate locality of our schools, it is nevertheless necessary to develop a strategy to put our own house in order. After all, disposable plastic tableware is still thoughtlessly used at many school events.

The partnership believes that strategies can only be implemented if they are supported by the development of objective and relevant citizenship attitudes. Therefore, this project wants to highlight the problematic theme of "plastic" with a range of direct actions. Therefore pupils and teachers will develop a critical understanding of the background facts in 4 steps:
1 - types of plastic and causes of plastic waste;
2 - effects of plastic waste on the environment and on people;
3 - alternatives to plastic, behaviour rules;
4-  individual and political courses of action.