Hurumanu - Science - Recycling

Aim: To learn practical ways of recycling so that we can make our world a better place.

The Zero Waste Climate Solution movie

How can we prevent climate change by recycling these products?

Plastics:
Cycling or walking: You won't have to use your car and buy fuel for your car.
Paper: You don't have to cut more and more trees down.
Steel: You will be going to need to use coal if we burn all of the steel we have at the moment.

Video questions:

What is Zero Waste?
One of the quickest and the cheapest ways a community can immediately reduce climate impact. What can we do on the planet?

1.   Recycle.
2.  Reuse.
3.  Reduce.
4. Redesign.

What do we need to recycle?

1. Plastic - Bottle's, Straw's 
2. Paper.
3. Cardboard - Box's

What does recycling do?

cuts down more plastic that is on the land. and if we don't recycle things it kills our animals in the sea.

How much of our rubbish is food scraps?

What does soil due to carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

What do we need to do?

1. Make People stop littering in the cities. 
2. Have Zero tolerance for littering.

What is a carbon footprint?

How can you make your Carbon Footprint smaller?

ENERGY SAVING TIPS FILM

Name 4 of the tips.

1.   Turn off the lights in a room if there isn't anyone in there.
2.  Turn off switch's if the device/machine isn't being used by someone
3.   
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AT WHAT RATES DO DIFFERENT ITEMS DECOMPOSE?

MY INVESTIGATION.

Choose 5 items from the list and investigate them. 

Aluminum can.

Plastic 6 pack ring.

Plastic bottle.

Glass bottle.

Milk carton.
You need to answer three questions.

Name: Abby

1. How long do they take to decompose?

Aluminum can: 200 - 500 years.

Plastic 6 pack ring: 3 - 4 weeks.

Plastic bottle: 450 years

Glass bottle: 1 million years

Milk carton: 5 years

1. What resource/fossil fuel are they made from?

Aluminum can: 8% of Earth's crust.

Plastic 6 pack ring:

Plastic bottle:

Glass bottle:

Milk carton:

1. How is this resource recycled?
2. How does this object contribute to climate change?

I have three goals to try and achieve.

1.