The document describes a plastic hackathon organized by Teens in Sustainability to empower young people to find solutions to plastic pollution. At the hackathon, young students and grandparents spent a Saturday working on solutions to the plastic crisis using design thinking. They developed 6 solutions over 9 hours, and 3 awards were given made from reclaimed wood and plastic waste. Next steps discussed include running more hackathons at participating schools and piloting the best solutions.

1. MISSION
# T E E N S I N S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y
To inspire and empower Young People to
go beyond awareness and find solutions
to Plastic Pollution

2. JUNIOR
PLASTIC HACKATHON
W O R L D ' S F I R S T
W W W . P L A S T I C H A C K A T H O N . C O M

3. SOLUTIONS
Y O U N G S T U D E N T S &
G R A N D P A R E N T S S P E N T
E N T I R E S A T U R D A Y
W O R K I N G O N
T O S O L V E T H E P L A S T I C
C R I S I S
@dhruvboruah

4. INVITED
O N L Y
T O M A S H U P S O L U T I O N S
F R O M T H E P A S T W I T H T H E
T O O L S O F T H E F U T U R E
G E N E R A T I O N
TEENAGERS
(08-18YRS)
GRAND
PARENTS
@dhruvboruah

5. NOT INVITED
T H E S E G E N E R A T I O N S W E R E
S I N C E T H E Y T E N D T O B I N
W H A C K Y I D E A S T H A T
C H A L L E N G E C U R R E N T
E C O N O M I C L A N D S C A P E
MILLENNIALS
GENERATION
X
@dhruvboruah

6. STUDENT LED
D E S I G N T H I N K I N G
@dhruvboruah

7. 15 yrs
average
08 yrs
youngest
90 yrs
eldest
@dhruvboruah

8. 38
GIRLS
11
SCHOOLS
04
BOYS@dhruvboruah

9. DESIGN
THINKING
LED BY 17YR OLDS
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10. 06
solutions
09
hours
03
awards
@dhruvboruah

11. RECLAIMED
WOOD &
PLASTIC
WASTE
T R O P H I E S M A D E B Y T H E
S T U D E N T S W I T H
@dhruvboruah

12. 1. POSSIBLE
PILOTS
WHAT
NEXT?
@dhruvboruah

13. 2. MORE
HACKATHONS
AT ATTENDING
SCHOOLS
OPEN
SOURCE
@dhruvboruah

14. contact us
DHRUV@BORUAH.COM
HELLO@PLASTICHACKATHON.COM
WWW.PLASTICHACKATHON.COM
@dhruvboruahpicture credits: Zuzanna Jakubczak
DO YOU WANT
TO LEAD &
RUN THE
HACKATHON
AT YOUR
SCHOOL?