Meet the Pollutants aims to teach kids about water pollution. Learn about the damage it does to our waterways and how you can help. Join our Facebook page for regular updates https://www.facebook.com/Meet.the.Pollutants
Feature Pollutant – Nitron
Pollutant: Nitrogen
Source: Fertilizer, Waste Water
Nitron, short for Nitrogen, is sneaky because it is an odourless, colourless and tasteless gas. Commonly used as an ingredient in soaps and fertilisers, Nitron is very harmful when it flows into waterways because it causes plants and algae to grow very fast, which clogs rivers and creeks and blocks light to deeper waters.
Here’s what you can do: Wash the car on the lawn to prevent nitrogen draining to the creek
Meet Nitron
For Kids
For Educators
Character Profiles
Meet Flush
Meet Muddy
Resources
| Books > for purchase |
 Order your colouring in and picture books through blurb.com Profits from the sale of these books will help fund our cleanup program Tip: sign up to the Blurb mailing list for significant discounts > Colouring-In Book |
| Posters > for download |
  Download these posters for your classroom > Download Poster #1> Download Poster #2
> Download Poster #3 |
| Factsheets > for download |
 Learn about the nasty gang of pollutants destroying our waterways > Download Factsheets |
| Display Models > for loan |
  If you would like to borrow our collection of hand crafted models for an event please get in touch |
| Merchandise > for purchase |
  Order some cool Meet the Pollutants merchandise, stop single use plastic, and help spread the word about waterway pollution. Profits from the sales will help fund our cleanup program. > Order merchandise here |
| Images > for download |
 Download these image sets and create your own teaching resources. These images can be used under a Creative Commons 4.0 License
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| Card Games > for kids |
| Information Packs > for schools and potential partners |
> Download Information Pack for Potential Partners |
Many thanks to Siobhan Skipworth who brought these characters to life. Thanks also to Purnima for the ‘Super Boy and Girl’ illustrations.
Special thanks to those people who have generously donated their time to the campaign including Scott Browning, Thomas Csere, Sarah Francis, Purnima Periwal and Elissa O’Malley
Please get in touch if you would like to know more about the campaign or would like to partner with Water by Design to help spread the word about water pollution
info@hlw.org.au or 07) 3177 9100
