plastic fantastic. plastic. what is it? what items do we use that are made from plastic? how long...
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Plastic Fantastic
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Plastic. What is it?
• What items do we use that are made from plastic?
• How long have we been using plastic?
• Where does plastic come from?
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Oil• Oil is a limited resource
– Over 30 billion barrels of oil are consumed in the world every year
• What other things do we use oil for?
• The three main oil producing countries are Saudi Arabia, USA and Russia
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Waste Plastic• There are many different types of plastic
that we use every dayThese are split in to 19 different grades -
bottles are made of grades1 and 2 plastics
• Plastics can be very difficult to recycle Grades 1 and 2 are the easiest to recycle and are the only types collected for recycling in Merton
• Plastics can take over 500 years to breakdown
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What can we do to help?Lightweight plastics use up lots of energy
during recycling.
Reduce - the need for these items
- plastic bags
- plastic packaging
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ReuseChoose things that you can reuse
- wrapper free lunchbox
- reusable shopping bags
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RecycleChoose plastics that can be recycled easily
- plastic bottles are usually
made from grade 2 plastic
- make something new