Hurumaru: Recycling

Aim: To learn practical ways of recycling so that we can make our world a better place.

The Zero Waste Climate Solution movie

How can we prevent climate change through recycling these products?

Plastics: Stop throwing plastics in the recycling bin. Bring your own plastic bags when you're going to the shop.

Cycling or walking: 

Paper: 

Steel: 

Video questions:

What is Zero Waste? Zero waste is the most quicker, easiest, and more effective way for our planet to follow.

What can we do on the planet?

1. Recycle
2. Reuse
3. Repair
4. Redesign

What do we need to recycle? we need to recycle plastics, plastic bottle.

What does recycling do? Recycling can be good for our environment and also share some of your stuff that you don't need. 

How much of our rubbish is food scraps? There's more than 30% of our rubbish does have food scraps that are in the USA.

What does soil due to carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? It does three times faster than trees.

What do we need to do? We need to recycle our rubbish to paper to paper, metal to metal and also plastic, glass something like that.

1. Make P_______s. 
2. Have Zero waste on our planet.

What is a carbon footprint?

How can you make your Carbon Footprint smaller?

ENERGY SAVING TIPS FILM

Name 4 of the tips.

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AT WHAT RATES DO DIFFERENT ITEMS DECOMPOSE?

MY INVESTIGATION.

Choose 5 items from the list and investigate them. 
Paper, leaves, Aluminum can, Milk carton, and styrofoam.

You need to answer three questions.

Name: Milk carton

1. How long do they take to decompose? It will take 5 years to decompose.
2. What resource/fossil fuel are they made from? The milk carton is made by paperboard and 100% bio-based.
3. How is this resource recycled? The milk carton is both paper and plastic kind. The milk carton is also good candidates for bin or cart.
4. How does this object contribute to climate change? It will take 5 years to destroy and it will also stack up.

Name: Paper

1. How long does this resource take to decompose? 2-4 weeks
2. What resource/fossil fuel are they made from? The paper is made of leaves.
3. How does making this object contribute to climate change? It will make less oxygen because it's made by leaves and leaves make oxygen.
4. How is this resource recycled? Paper will not be recycled because it will automatically destroy.

Name: Leaves

1. How long does this resource take to decompose? 1-3 month.
2. What resource/fossil fuel are they made from?
3. How does making this object contribute to climate change?
4. How is this resource recycled?

Name: Aluminum can

1. How long does this resource take to decompose? 200-400 years.
2. What resource/fossil fuel are they made from? The aluminum can is made by the metal.
3. How does making this object contribute to climate change? It will take longer to decompose before you die.
4. How is this resource recycled? The aluminum can take 5% of the energy to just recycle aluminum can.

Name: Styrofoam

1. How long does this resource take to decompose? It will never decompose.
2. What resource/fossil fuel are they made from? The styrofoam is made from the plastic but it has chemicals in it.
3. How does making this object contribute to climate change? It will stack and stack because it will never decompose.
4. How is this resource recycled? First, it will go to the machine and shred the materials.