The 3 R’s

• Reduce ~ Reduce means to cut down on the amount of waste being thrown out

• Reuse ~ Reuse means to use things over and over again and find new uses for objects e.g. use a water bottle over and over for school!

• Recycle ~ Recycle means to re-use the item and create something else with it.

• The average person throws away The average person throws away 726 kilograms of waste each year!726 kilograms of waste each year!

• The average family throw away The average family throw away the amount equal to half a fully the amount equal to half a fully

grown elephant each year. grown elephant each year. Doesn’t sound that bad? That’s Doesn’t sound that bad? That’s

equal toequal to 1 . 5 TONS1 . 5 TONS of rubbish each of rubbish each year…year…

Types of waste

• There are 2 types of waste, biodegradable and non-biodegradable.

• Biodegradable means it’s able to rot naturally and non-biodegradable can’t rot naturally.

• Examples of biodegradable waste include garden and kitchen waste like potato skins and banana skins. Newspaper is also biodegradable!

Click the picture to learn more aboutbiodegradable and non-biodegradable waste!

How to STOP!

• Buy things loose. When you’re buying vegetables or fruit buy them without the packaging, as this produces less waste.

• Make a compost pile and have a brown bin at home

• For more info on how to stop waste visit Kids' Stuff About Waste Reduction and Recycling

Plastic Bags

• 1% of plastic bags are recycled.• A few years ago a study showed that 8 million

pounds of plastic bags are thrown away each year.

• If you don’t recycle them, animals can eat them and get stuck in their throat and they will suffocate.

• Last year 4 billion steel cans were recycled in the UK. Don't forget that all steel is 100% recyclable and can be recycled many times without losing any quality.

PaperPaper

• 1 ton of recycled paper can save 17 trees!

• Reuse paper around the home as scrap paper or packing material. Envelopes can also be reused.

• Another good way to reduce paper is to read the news online – this will stop the massive amount of trees being cut down for newspapers alone!

• In our school we do lots of things to reduce, reuse and recycle.

• We recycle old glass lenses, stamps and mobile phones, on top of every thing else like paper, cardboard and plastic bottles.

• We have a compost bin, a breathing area, a green house and every class has its own blue bin.

• We have a garden for birds, rodents, insects and more!

• We even have a newly refurbished our P6 vegetable garden!!!

• Our school runs 3 bus services, cutting down on the amount of CO2 we create!

• We also use our textbooks over and over and over again, helping to save trees!

• We have an eco-schools club run by Ann Hegarty and we have 2 green flags!

Rubbish being CRAMMED into a landfill site.

Waste being dumped…

A recycling centre?!?!

What to put in your blue bin.

• Paper• Cardboard – e.g easter egg boxes• Christmas, birthday and special

occasions cards.• Milk cartons• Plastic bottles• Glass bottles• Newspaper

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What NOT to put in your blue bin.

• Hot ashes• Organic waste• Animal waste • Plastic

These are able to go into your brown bin along with small amounts of newspaper.