Composting

Composting

Composting
By: period 1 history

What goes into the compost pile?
Fruit peels and eaten food
Sticks, dirt and leaves
Rotten food

Compost Pictures

Compost Pictures

Compost Pictures

Compost Pictures

COMPOST TOOLS

COMPOST TOOLS

COMPOST TOOLS

COMPOST TOOLS

The Garden

The Garden

The Garden

The Garden

The Garden

What tools help make
a compost pile?

What tools help make
a compost pile?

What tools help make
a compost pile?

What tools help make
a compost pile?
tractors, bull dozers and other large vehicles
Rakes and gardening tools were also helpers to
make the compost pile

What tools help make
a compost pile?
tractors, bull dozers and other large vehicles
Rakes and gardening tools were also helpers to
make the compost pile

What and what not to do

What not to do

What not to do

What not to do
Don’t throw away your
banana, put it in the
compost box.

What not to do
Don’t throw away your
banana, put it in the
compost box.
Claire! throw that
banana peel away the
right way.

This is what you should do

This is what you should do

This is what you should do
This is what you
SHOULD do. Put it in
the Compost Box.

Banana Peels

Banana Peels
• The average banana peel weighs 150 grams, which may not seem
like a lot. But if all of the sixth graders threw away a banana peel,
it would weigh 53 pounds! That is a little more than the weight of
an average seven year old.
• If all of the students at Lovett ate a banana and threw away the
peel, it would weigh 561 pounds. That is a lot of banana peels,
considering there are 1,700 students! Those banana peels would
weigh the same as seven 11 year olds.
• Even though apple cores weigh more than banana peels, we’re not
saying don’t eat apples. If you can compost, you will save
thousands of pounds of origanic waste from going into landfills!

Apple Cores

Apple Cores
• 170 grams is about the wight of an apple core.
• When you throw an apple core in the trash, it takes energy, time, and money to
get it to a landfill. But if you compost your apple cores, it is easy and helps the
earth.
• There are about 160 students in the 6th grade. If everyone in the 6th grade
ate an apple core one day and threw away the core it would weigh 27,200 grams.
That is almost 60 pounds, or the average weight of a 9 year old! If everyone at
Lovett ate an apple one day and threw the core away, it would weigh 289,000
grams. All of those apple cores would weigh almost 636 pounds. That is the
weight of almost eight 11 year olds!
• If all of the people in Atlanta ate an apple one day and threw away the core,
those cores would weigh 2,057,000 pounds. That is the same as almost 25,713 11
year olds! If all of the people in Georgia ate an apple one day and threw away
the core, it would weigh 3,622, 564 pounds. If everyone in the U.S.A. ate an
apple one day and threw away the core, it would weigh 113,718,337 pounds. If
everyone in the world ate an apple one day and threw away the core, it would
weigh 2,505,800,000 pounds. That is a lot of apple cores...

Apple Cores
• 170 grams is about the wight of an apple core.
• When you throw an apple core in the trash, it takes energy, time, and money to
get it to a landfill. But if you compost your apple cores, it is easy and helps the
earth.
• There are about 160 students in the 6th grade. If everyone in the 6th grade
ate an apple core one day and threw away the core it would weigh 27,200 grams.
That is almost 60 pounds, or the average weight of a 9 year old! If everyone at
Lovett ate an apple one day and threw the core away, it would weigh 289,000
grams. All of those apple cores would weigh almost 636 pounds. That is the
weight of almost eight 11 year olds!
• If all of the people in Atlanta ate an apple one day and threw away the core,
those cores would weigh 2,057,000 pounds. That is the same as almost 25,713 11
year olds! If all of the people in Georgia ate an apple one day and threw away
the core, it would weigh 3,622, 564 pounds. If everyone in the U.S.A. ate an
apple one day and threw away the core, it would weigh 113,718,337 pounds. If
everyone in the world ate an apple one day and threw away the core, it would
weigh 2,505,800,000 pounds. That is a lot of apple cores...

The End
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