3. In the Western world, approximately
50 percent of the trash in landfills
could be recycled
4. Recycling one glass bottle saves enough energy
to light a 100-watt bulb for four hours
Americans use 4 million plastic bottles every hour
Around 200 B.C. the Chinese used fishing nets to
create the world’s very first piece of recycled
paper
75% of a tree harvested for paper does not end up
as a paper product
Glass never wears out- it can be recycled forever
5. There are four main reasons we use packaging:
To preserve food
To contain objects so they can be
transported safely
To describe and identify the contents so
that customers know what they are buying
To protect the contents so that when they
arrive, they are not damaged
6. Buy packaging that can be recycled
Look for packaging made from recycled
material
Buy products that are packaged in a way that
best suits how they are going to be used so
that you don’t use more packaging then
necessary
8. Plastic bottles are picked up from curbside
recycling bins
The bottles are taken away to be sorted and
crushed into big blocks
The bottles are then taken to a factory where
they are crushed into small flakes
The flakes are washed and dried and then
melted and made into new bottles
9. Glass is collected from curbsides or drop-off
points
Glass is transported to recycling plant where metal
caps and plastic sleeves are removed
The glass is then crushed into small pieces and
transported to the glass factory
At the glass factory it is mixed with
sand, limestone and soda ash and melted in a large
furnace
The hot glass is molded into new bottles
10. The process of recycling
paper
• Used papers are picked up from curbside bins
and taken to the paper factory
• At the paper mill conveyer belts feed the
paper into giant pulpers
• Water and chemicals are mixed with the paper
to remove ink and contaminants and turn the
old paper into pulp
• The pulp is then placed between two wire
meshes and left to dry where it becomes new
paper
• The dried paper is polished and rolled into
jumbo reels
11. o Aluminum cans are picked up from cash-can centers or
curbside bins
o Cans are sorted and squashed together in large bales
o The bales are shredded into small pieces and cleaned and are
then melted down into large blocks of aluminum
o The large blocks are rolled like pastry into very thin sheets
o New cans are then made out of these thin sheets
12. Most of our trash comes from food
packaging
Many lunch items come in single-serving
disposable containers
A lot of kids bring lunch in disposable bags
13. Disposable lunch
1. Sandwiches sealed in
bags
2. Disposable juice
boxes, milk cartons, and
water bottles
3. Paper napkins
4. Paper or plastic bag to
hold lunch
5. Pre-packaged
yogurts, granola
bars, and fruits
Reusable lunch
1. Sandwiches and fruits
packaged in reusable
containers
2. Cloth napkins
3. Reusable drink containers
4. Reusable lunch boxes
14. Worms break-down stuff like dead plants and decaying
animals and create valuable nutrients for fertile soil
If we didn’t have worms, every plant and animal that fell on
the ground would remain as trash
Worms break-down all of this refuge that becomes rich soil
for new seedlings
