Contaminated Water and Recycling

Presented By:

Alina Khan and DianaMaria Estrada

How Important is Clean Water?

Most of us are lucky to be living in a country with almost 100% clean water, but those who live in Haiti, Ethiopia and other third world countries that have access to less than 55% of clean drinking water.

If we don’t have clean drinking water and safe bathing water, our population can decrease by millions.

About seventy percent of our body is made up of water, if we fill this percentage with unclean water, our bodies can give up on us.

What materials are recyclable? Materials that can be recycled in one bin- Magazines Glossy printed flyers or newspaper inserts Phone books Envelopes Computer paper Old letters Paper packaging

Materials that must be recycled in separate indicated bins-

Plastic Lined paper Cartons Corrugated cardboard

* Newspapers (should be saved in its own bin, as this material goes directly back into newsprint recycling.)

How Severe is the Global Issue of Contaminated Water?

The United States also suffers from contaminated water. Forty percent of U.S Rivers are too polluted for aquatic life.

Asian Rivers are the most polluted in the world. They have three times the amount of bacteria from human waste compared to the global average.

In China’s seven major rivers 50% of the water was stated to be undrinkable due to the high rate of pollution..

How Do You Recycle? Using designated bins.

Bring recyclable electronics to designated store (your local cell phone carrier or staples) they will be properly recycled.

Bring paint cans to home depots most recycle them properly for you.

Bring your old oil filters and cans from your cars to mechanics and local car shop, some take it and properly recycle them.

Recycle paper, plastic, cans ,and card board so they can be recycled by the city on designated trash days.

How Does Unclean Water Affect Us? Eight hundred and eighty four million

people in the world lack access to clean water supplies, that’s approximately one in eight people.

Every 20 seconds a child dies from a water borne disease.

The water and sanitation global issue has killed more lives than any war kills through guns.

About 3.5 million people die each year from water related diseases.

How Do You Reuse?

Buying reusable shopping bags.

Use both sides of the paper.

Reuse Ziploc bags.

Don’t throw computers out recycle them so they can be made into new ones.

How Does Water Get Contaminated?

The majority of unsanitary water comes from human and animal waste.

Pollution is also a very high cause of contaminated water.

Oil spills and toxic chemicals being dumped in the ocean contribute to this as well.

Contaminated water can also be created by industrial and lead wastes.

How Do I Reduce? Instead of putting your desktop on

sleep mode or hibernation, shut it off completely.

Only charge your laptop when necessary.

Unplug items that are not being used. (If a product is still plugged in and not being used, it still consumes a certain amount of energy)

When leaving a room, shut the lights and television off.

Don’t drive if you can walk or bike to your destination.

Carpool as often as possible.

What Diseases Can Be Contracted from Dirty Water?

Cholera

E. Coli

Hepatitis A

Diarrhea

Salmonella

Pseudomonas

Rotavirus

Why is Recycling Important? It looks bad on the community if you litter

and don’t recycle properly.

It gives us more resources if we recycle properly.

Recycling saves energy.

It saves environmental conditions.

When you recycle it saves space for disposal of waste.

There are financial and economic benefits from recycling.

Recycling reduces the amount of pollution.

What Do These Global Issues Have in Common?

You conserve water if you recycle (filter) dirty water to safe drinking water.

The goal of recycling is to clean up our earth, and water takes up approximately 70% of the earth.

The more we recycle and leave less waste, the cleaner our water will be.

One Hand Washes the Other

If we recycle our products and dispose of our wastes correctly, there will be less pollution in our oceans, rivers and lakes.

If we clean up the water in our community then we will be contributing to the environment in a positive aspect.

If we recycle and conserve water the issue of global warming will decrease.

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