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- 2. What is recycling? Whyis it important to all of us?
- 3. Definition — To recycle: totreat or process used materials or waste so we can use these materials again — This stops us from wasting useful materials
- 4. Recycling is important because… — Itreduces the number of fresh raw materials we use — It reduces the amount of energy we use — It reduces air pollution — It reduces water pollution — It lowers the amount of greenhouse gases
- 5. Did you know…. Duringyour lifetime, you will produce so much trash that it will weigh 600 times as much as you. This would fill many trucks.
- 6. Examples of Recycling u Reusing plasticbags when you go to the supermarket u Recycling paper so it can be processed and used again u Melting food cans made from steel and making them into new food cans u Instead of throwing away uneaten food, you can compost it
- 7. Compost — Compost isan earthlike material. It forms when organic materials biodegrade (are broken down by worms and bacteria). — Compost is great to use in your garden: it returns nutrients to the soil and helps your plants to grow.
- 8. What do youthink we can recycle?
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- 12. What Can WeNOT Recycle?
- 14. You can helpby learning about and practicing the “three R’s” of waste management
- 15. Reduce — Reduce/Reduction: to makesomething smaller or use less. The result is a smaller amount of waste. HOW — Only buy what you need, and use everything that you buy — Buy products that don’t have much plastic packaging and buy things like recycled paper — Use reusable bags at supermarkets
- 16. Reuse You can "reuse" materialsin their original form instead of throwing them away. You can also give materials to others who could use them after you. HOW • Use washable cups or travel mugs • When you use things like plastic cups, plates, and plastic food storage bags, don't throw them away! Wash and reuse them.
- 17. Recycle Remember the things youuse every day that you can recycle!! — Aluminum cans — Cardboard — Electronics — Glass — Metal — Newspaper — Paper — Plastic Bottles — Steel cans
- 18. How Are Materials Recycled? — Materials are either brought to a center that collects recycled materials OR they are picked up from recycling bins that are on the streets — The materials are then sorted, cleaned and reprocessed into new materials
- 19. Vocabulary — RECYLATE –a raw material that is sent to and processed so it can be used to form new products — LANDFILL – where trash is buried between layers of earth — COMPOST – decayed organic material that is used to help plants grow — WASTE MANAGEMENT – the process of dealing with waste of humans and animals — RE-MANUFACTURING – rebuilding, repairing and restoring materials so they can be used again — COLLECTION CENTER – a place where recyclable waste is collected and sorted for processing — BIODEGRADABLE WASTE – waste such as food or garden waste — GREENHOUSE EFFECT – the warming of Earth’s surface and the air above it. It is caused by gases in the air that trap energy from the sun. — GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS – Any of the gases that take part of the greenhouse effect: examples are carbon dioxide, methane and water vapor
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- 21. Discussion Questions 1. Whyis recycling important to learn about? 2. How do you take part in the three R’s of waste management? 3. Why is the greenhouse effect a bad thing? 4. What did you learn today about recycling that you did not know before? 5. What can we do to make recycling even easier?