Recycling Matters

Anita Acquah, (M.P.H)Walden University

PUBH 6165-1

Instructor : Rebecca Heick

Winter, 2010

• Define waste• Items that are considered waste• Define recycling• Importance of Recycling• Things that can be recycled • The Recycle cycle• The 3 R’s• Helpful Hints to recycling in your area• Where to find local help.

• Our planet is made up of more than 6.5 billion people who live here on earth, including you!

• And together we all have a part in taking care of the planet.

• You have to join the world in the fight to save and keep the earth safe from waste!

Wilcox,C. (2008) Recycling. Learner Publication Co.Minneapolis. MN

• Waste is simply, anything discarded, rejected, abandoned, or otherwise released into the environment in a manner (or quantity) that could have an impact on the environment.

National Institute of environmental Health Sciences. 2009.Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Retrieved January 22, 2010 from http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/recycle.htm

• Recycling is the processing of used or waste material so that it can be used again, instead of being wasted.

National Institute of environmental Health Sciences. 2009.Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Retrieved January 22, 2010 from http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/recycle.htm

Wilcox, C. (2008) Recycling. Minneapolis. MN. Learner Publication Company.

• Save natural resources

• Reduce pollution and waste

• Preserve forest woodland

• Betterment of eco-system

Mcvicke, D. (1994). Easy Recycling Handbook. Gilbert, Arizona. Grassroots Books.

• All PAPER materials come from trees .

• Trees are cut down and made into many different things like

• Paper• Paper towels • Magazines • Cardboards• Books• Paper plates and

cups and many more!

Riley, T. (2007) The complete Idiot’s Guide to Green Living. NY,NY. Penguin Group USA.

• If we don’t recycle paper materials, we could be wasting a lot of trees that are cut down and then turned into waste.

Riley, T. (2007) The complete Idiot’s Guide to Green Living. NY,NY. Penguin Group USA.

•Collection•Processing•Sale•Manufacturing•Reuse Wilcox, C. (2008) Recycling.. Minneapolis. MN. Learner Publication Company.

• PAPER MATERIALS

• PLASTICS

• ALUMINUM

• GLASS

Stefoff, R. (1991). Recycling. Philadelphia, PA. Chelsea House Publishers.

• If you buy one large bag of potato chips instead of five small bags, you REDUCE waste!

: To make something smaller or use less, resulting in a smaller amount of waste.

Mcvicke, D. (1994). Easy Recycling Handbook. Gilbert, Arizona. Grassroots

Books.

National Institute of environmental Health Sciences. 2009.Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Retrieved January 22, 2010 from http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/recycle.htm

• You can give old toys to needy children instead of throwing them away!

:To use something again for the same purpose or a new purpose.

National Institute of environmental Health Sciences. 2009.Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Retrieved January 22, 2010 from http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/recycle.htm

Mcvicke, D. (1994). Easy Recycling Handbook. Gilbert, Arizona. Grassroots

Books.

: To collect used materials to make into new products rather than throwing them away.• Many items

found in your house can be RECYCLED into valuable new products.

Mcvicke, D. (1994). Easy Recycling Handbook. Gilbert, Arizona. Grassroots

Books.National Institute of environmental Health Sciences. 2009.Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Retrieved January 22, 2010 from http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/recycle.htm

• You can help by first using the 3 R’s –Reduce-Reuse-Recycle!

• Ask your parents or an adult to help you collect recyclable items.

• Remember the recycling symbol and buy items with the symbol.

• Join other kids in your neighborhood and collect recyclable items together.

Mcvicke, D. (1994). Easy Recycling Handbook. Gilbert, Arizona. Grassroots

Books.

• Waste affects you and everyone around you!

• Work together to save the earth from harmful waste!

• The Recycling Circle (Collection,Processing,Sale,Manufacturing,Reuse)

• Reduce materials, Reuse materials, Recycle materials.

• GET STARTED!!!

• The Division of Recycling and Litter Prevention (DRLP). Ohio. Website: http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/recycling

• EPA, Office of Pollution Prevention. Website: http://www.epa.state.oh.us/opp/oppmain.html

• Division of Environmental and Financial Assistance. Website: http://www.epa.state.oh.us/defa/Division of Recycling and Litter Prevention.

• Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio Recycling Program. http://www.swaco.org/

• Ohio Department of Education. Website: http://www.ode.state.oh.us/

• http://www.epa.gov/kids/garbage.htm• http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/education/kids/

planetprotectors/index.htm• http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/• http://www.kidsrecycle.org/index.php• http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/color.htm#later• Wilcox, C. (2008) Recycling. Minneapolis. MN. Learner

Publication Company.• Riley, T. (2007) The complete Idiot’s Guide to Green

Living. NY,NY. Penguin Group USA.• Mcvicke, D. (1994). Easy Recycling Handbook. Gilbert,

Arizona. Grassroots Books.

References

• EPA Environmental Kids Club. (2009). Garbage and Recycling. Retrieved January 22, 2010 from http://www.epa.gov/kids/garbage.html

• National Institute of environmental Health Sciences. (2009).Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Retrieved January 22, 2010 from http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/recycle.html

• Mcvicke, D. (1994). Easy Recycling Handbook. Gilbert, Arizona. Grassroots Books.

• Riley, T. (2007) The complete Idiot’s Guide to Green Living. NY,NY. Penguin Group USA.

Stefoff, R. (1991). Recycling. Philadelphia, PA. Chelsea House Publishers.

• Wilcox, C. (2008) Recycling. Minneapolis. MN. Learner Publication Company.