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1. Hannah Beggs

2. Did you know?
 Approximately four pounds of garbage every day
 84 % of all household waste can be recycled

3. No Way?!
 14 billion pounds of trash is dumped into the ocean
every year
 Here is an example of how long it takes some things
take to break down:
plastics take 500 years,
aluminum cans take 500 years,
organic materials, take 6 months,
cotton, rags, paper take 6 months.
http://www.planetpals.com/fastfacts.html

4. My Position
Unjust for current
generations to not
manage their waste
properly because it will
cause a great deal of
problems for future
generations.
http://blog.compassion.com

5. Landfills
 About 5000 years
ago in Ancient
Greece
 Cheapest way to
gather waste

6. Landfills cont.
Pros Cons
 Keep cities and towns  Leaks can contaminate
looking clean surrounding soil
 Create methane that can  People more susceptible
be used as renewable to cancer, birth
energy defects, and genetic
mutations
 Provide jobs
 Harmful gases put into
atmosphere
 Toxic chemicals around
surrounding habitats

7. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSM2riAEX4U
 3 R’s has become big slogan
 Not very complicated
 Great way to lower carbon footprint
 Also repair-saves money

8. How?
 Make multiple bins
 Paper, cans and glass, compost, regular
 Take reusable bags to the grocery
 Make electronic items last longer
 Buy in bulk
 Refurbish

9. Changing the Future
 Habits will need to change for the
better
 Produce less
 Produce differently
 Plastics and glass
 Minimizing space for landfills

10. Help
 Advertising
 STOMP
 Celebrity campains
 Online
 Earthorganisation.org
 Mycleanearth.org
 Local
 Yampa Valley Recycles
 The Green Machine

11. What can you do to help?
 Open up to new ideas
 Start small
 Think, then act
 Consider others and the environment
 4 R’s
 Get others in on it: spread the word
 Lets clean up!

12. http://www.townofbeloit.org/earth.gif