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The Consumption Presumption
2009 TEEA Conference
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Consumption Presumption?
Consumption = the selection, adoption, use, disposal and
recycling of goods and services
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Consumption practices creating strains on environment
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Consumption practices creating strains on environment
Fundamental change needed!
Change attitudes on waste!
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Solid Waste Education
• What is SWE?Educating about …consumption…buying practices…natural resources and resource mining…the 3R’s: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle …current solid waste management practices…sustainable consumption and disposal
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Why teach SWE in classrooms1. Educators lead the way
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Why teach SWE in classrooms1. Educators lead the way2. Students are the business owners, manufacturers
and government officials of the future!!
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Why teach SWE in classrooms1. Educators lead the way2. Students are the business owners, manufacturers
and government officials of the future!!3. Schools are large segment of waste production in
a community
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Why teach SWE in classrooms1. Educators lead the way2. Students are the business owners, manufacturers
and government officials of the future!!3. Schools are large segment of waste production in
a community4. Saves money in budgeting
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Why teach SWE in classrooms1. Educators lead the way2. Students are the business owners, manufacturers
and government officials of the future!!3. Schools are large segment of waste production in
a community4. Saves money in budgeting 5. Teach students practices that will last a lifetime
• Life lessons across disciplines of science, social studies, math, health, etc. reinforce behavior and change attitudes
• Children bring home ideas learned in class and affect home behavior as well!
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What’s really in our trash?
Activity: 21st Century Pyramids
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What can be done?
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What can be done?
Current practices more like this
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What’s the formula for success?
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Did you know?
• Earth911.com Recycling steel saves 75 percent of the energy that would be used to create steel from raw materials, enough to power 18 million homes.
• The Recycle Challenge Recycling 1 aluminum can saves enough energy to run your TV for 3 hours.
• Dosomething.org Americans use 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour.
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Did you know?
• Every month Americans throw out enough glass bottles and jars to fill up a giant skyscraper but all of these jars are recyclable!
• National Recycling Coalition If every American home replaced just one light bulb with an ENERGY STAR qualified bulb, we would save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes for a year
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Reduce• Single most important action to be taken …
Source Reduction!!
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Reduce• Single most important action to be taken …Source
Reduction!!
How?• Examine environmental impacts for decisions made
or products purchased
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Reduce
Buy in Bulk…
…with a reusable bag/basket!!!
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Reduce
Buy and sell second hand (less demand…less supply)
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Reduce
Less packaging please!
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Reduce
Cut down on fast food waste
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Reduce
• Buy environmental sound products• Buy products that are less toxic
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ReduceBuy Recycled Products!!!
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Reduce
Print on both sides of paper!
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ReduceDon’t trash it!
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Reduce
Avoid Disposables!!! Disposables contribute to throw-away lifestyle
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Reduce
Compost!!!
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Reuse
Reuse is creating a new use for an item that might otherwise be sent to the landfill or recycled
• Trash to Treasure• Get creative!• Ex. Capri Sun purse,Firestarters from lint and egg cartons
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Recycle
• Collection, sorting and remanufacturing of items into new products
• Find out options for recycling in your communities– Make it a research project for the students– Contact local solid waste organizations or
committees
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Standards covered by Solid Waste Management Curriculum
• TNSWEP website– http://www-tnswep.ra.utk.edu/
• Projects WET, Learning Tree, WILD• Mobius Curriculum
– http://www.alliedwastedalycity.com/mobius/index.cfm
• EPA’s Quest for Less and Recycle City– http://www.epa.gov/
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Please visit our website at www.harvestingpeace.org for more ideas and volunteer opportunities.
The following url will lead you to a collection of solid waste education links and materials for use in your classroom. Please feel free to use this presentation in your schools and classrooms, it can be downloaded there as well.
http://sites.harvestingpeace.org/educator-resources/