Transcript Recycling Do's and Don'ts

National Recycling Day
th
November 15 , 2012
Some thoughts brought to
you by MTHS Eco-Club
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Where does most of the garbage
in the US end up???
A: oceans
B: incinerators
C: recycling centers
D: landfills
Where does most of the garbage
in the US end up???
A: oceans
B: incinerators
C: recycling centers
D: landfills
Why recycle…
1.
2.
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To use our resources more effectively
To save fuel, reduce air pollution, and reduce
possibilities of contaminated water supply
To save space in the landfill so we use less
land for our waste
Watch this video to learn more: What happens to our garbage
2:19 minutes
http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Annabelle-GurwitchInvestigates-What-Happens-to-Our-Garbage-Video
Landfills are for waste, so
why should we care?
So…how does a modern landfill work anyway?
Please click link below, 2:43 minutes:
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC1u6rJkyzA&feat
ure=player_embedded#!
So instead of using land for
more and more of this…
If more of us used
these to recycle
correctly, we could
reduce how much land
we use for waste…..
Approximately 1 billion trees
worth of paper are thrown
away every year in the U.S.
Are you recycling paper products
and cardboard yet???
MTHS has been for years!
If every American recycled just
1/10th of their newspapers
we would save about
25,000,000 trees a year!
Are you recycling paper products
and cardboard yet???
MTHS has been for years!
Recycling a single addition of this
one newspaper,
the Sunday New York Times,
would save 75,000 trees.
Are you recycling
paper products and
cardboard yet???
MTHS has been for
years!
CRAZY FACTS!!!
If you had a 15 year old tree and made it
into paper grocery bags, you would get
about _____of them, which a grocery
store could use up in less than an hour!
A.
B.
C.
D.
7
70
700
7000
CRAZY FACTS!!!
If you had a 15 year old tree and made it
into paper grocery bags, you would get
about _____of them, which a grocery
store could use up in less than an hour!
A.
B.
C.
D.
7
70
700
7000
CRAZY FACTS!!!
The amount of wood and paper
we throw away each year is
enough to heat 50,000,000
homes for 20 years
Are you recycling paper products
and cardboard yet???
MTHS has been for years!
More Facts …
• Throwing away a single aluminum can,
instead of recycling, is like pouring out 6 oz.
of gasoline on the ground… the fuel it takes
to make a new aluminum can.
On the other hand….
• Recycling only 1 aluminum can, saves
enough energy to power a TV for 3 hours
Celebrate
Recycling Day
[and every day of the year]
November 15th, 2012
Make one simple change if we ALL did, imagine the impact
we could ALL make!
Save money, save time,
save our home!
What can you do?.......
Recycle at
home,
school, work,
wherever you
see bins like
these.
Have you seen these
around school lately?
As a community, we
must learn to
correctly use them
for a cleaner greener
environment.
What do you notice?
1.Same title?
2.Are they the same
opening shape?
3.Does trash have
only ‘trash’ in it?
In the next few slides you will
learn what is considered to be
recyclable in Phoenix.
Phoenix Recycles Plastic
All hard plastic
containers including:
 buckets
 plastic jugs
 bottles with or
without caps
Phoenix Recycles Paper
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cardboard
food boxes
junk mail
wet strength paper board
newspaper
magazines
phone books
juice boxes
shredded paper (placed in
clear plastic bags)
Phoenix Recycles Glass
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glass bottles
jars
any food grade
glass containers
Phoenix Recycles
Metals, too
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aluminum cans
metal cans
small metal
appliances
empty aerosol cans
(No Paint, Pesticides,
Oven Cleaners).
http://phoenix.gov/publicworks/recycling/recyclables.html
Don’t forget Styrofoam!
AKA - Polystyrene
Styrofoam is one of the major things to
avoid as much as possible because:
• They use fossil fuels to make it
• When burned, it releases toxic
fumes into the air we breathe
• It takes hundreds of years to
decompose in the landfill
• Styrofoam recycling is slowly
expanding in the US, but at present
there is still too much of this
material that ends up in our landfills.
• It is estimated that 30% of the total
solid waste volume dumped in
landfills is polystyrene
Why do we want to avoid
using Styrofoam?
1. It’s easy to recycle
2. It takes 3 months to decompose
in the landfill
3. Styrofoam recycling is slowly
expanding in the US, but still it is
estimated that it makes up 30%
of the total solid waste volume
dumped in landfills
Why do we want to avoid
using Styrofoam?
1. It’s easy to recycle
2. It takes 3 months to decompose
in the landfill
3. Styrofoam recycling is slowly
expanding in the US, but still it
is estimated that it makes up
30% of the total solid waste
volume dumped in landfills
GOOD NEWS
Metro Tech has a Styrofoam
compactor! This will be in operation
soon and will take care of the
Styrofoam materials used in our
cafeteria!
Until then…
Earth 911.com
Just looking for a facility nearby to drop
off the Styrofoam? Earth 911.com
provides a great service to help you
locate a Styrofoam recycling facility in
your area.
Related
Articles
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Earth911.com
articles about
polystyrene
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Peanuts
Those difficult-to-recycle polystyrene
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Calif. Closer to Banning Foam Takeout
Containers
California is moving closer to becoming the
first state to ban polystyrene foam takeout
food …
Published in Plastic
What does Phoenix Recycle?
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Plastics
Glass
Paper and cardboard
Aluminum and other metals
Styrofoam
All of the above
None of the above
Only the first four above
Phoenix Recycles What?
1.
2.
3.
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5.
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7.
8.
Plastics
Glass
Paper and cardboard
Aluminum and other metals
Styrofoam
All of the above
None of the above
Only the first four above
We can do more…together
• The national recycling rate has
increased every year since 1980.
• The current recycling rate is 34%.
JOIN US IN RECYCLING MORE!
For America Recycles
Day 2012, I pledge to:
Learn. I will find out what materials are
collected for recycling in my community at
www.americarecyclesday.org
Act. Reduce my personal waste by recycling.
Within the next month, I will recycle more…
you decide, aluminum, paper, glass…here at
school, home, everywhere!
Make the world…
…a better place for you, your family,
and your community.
Think
GREEN!