english: reduce, reuse, recycle (environmental lesson)
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How can you improve each situation?
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
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When you get food ‘to-go’, it often comes in a Styrofoam container.
• Styrofoam is made from petroleum and can transfer chemicals to your food.
• Not biodegradable
What’s a solution?
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Bring your ownre-usable plastic “to-go”container.
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Your family produces at least 1 full bag of trash everyday.
You usually put it out on the street for the trash collectors to come and pick up.
How can we lessen our environmentalimpact?
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SORT YOUR GARBAGE
We’re so lucky because Saigon has anexcellent recycling industry.
Make it easier for recyclers to pick up your recyclable items by sorting it.
You can even arrange a regular ‘pick-up’ day..
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When you go to the supermarket, you always get many plastic shopping bags.
* It can take between 20 - 1,000 years for a plastic bag to decompose!
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Nowadays, many shops encourage shoppers to bring re-usable shoppingbags.
The store saves money…. and customers help save the environment.win-win!
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You’ve started to seesome rats/mice (rodents)in and around your house.
You want to get rid of them.what can you use?
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• Rat poison can be dangerous for pets & small children.
• Rat poison doesn’t kill rats instantly; therefore they may die somewhere in your house that is difficult to reach. This causes a bad smell and can carry a disease
• Rat Traps & Sticky Traps can be cruel and painful for the animal. Plus, sometimes they don’t die instantly.
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• You can hire a service to set up humane rat traps. (where they catch & release)
• Get a cat. Cats love to find and hunt rats. They’re a safe and natural way to solve your problem…
• Use a natural repellant. Rats hate the smell of peppermint oil, chili & cat urine
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Tissue, Toilet paper, Napkins & Paper towels all come from trees and create a lot of trash.
How can we reduce our use of theseproducts?
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Handkerchief
Dish towels
Cloth Napkins
Most can be replaced by using washable cloth. You can also buy environmentally-friendly TP.
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How many of these productsare in your home?
They all come in thick, plastic containers.
What’s one way to produce less trash ?
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Buy REFILL packs.
They use less plastic.
RE-PURPOSE bottles intosomething else useful.
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Your family produces a lotof dirty laundry each week.
You usually use the washingmachine every day.
How can you conserve energy, but still get cleanclothes?
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• Hand wash your clothes; it uses less water, no electricity, & you can exercise your arms!
• If you do use your washer, use it in the early morning or after 7pm.
This is the time most households use less energy, thus, your power bill will be cheaper.
• RE-WEAR clothes that aren’t that dirty. You can hang up clothes to “air” them out
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Every house has some items that are no longerin use. Old electronics, broken machines,old notebooks, blankets, clothes… etc.
You could just throw it away…. OR…
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• Find someone / an organization to donate to. (local schools, shelters, charities, etc.)
• ASK friends and other family if they want/need any of your things.
• Give it directly to someone in need
* Or you can always sort it… to be recycled.