Prompt 2.18.15  Choose between the following to answer:  1. Does your family recycle? If so, what?  2. What can you tell me about Mt. Everest? 

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Prompt  Choose between the following to answer:  1. Does your family recycle? If so, what?  2. What can you tell me about Mt. Everest? 

Talking Trash Recycling and taking care of the Earth

How much trash do you make?  Bea Johnson’s family  Per year  1 quart jar  Average American adult  5 lbs. a day  * 7.1 lbs. Edward Hume Garbology 2012

An American Annual Waste Sampler from Garbology  19 billion Styrofoam peanuts  35 billion plastic bottles  40 billion plastic utensils  4.5 million tons office paper  28 billion pounds of food or 25% of the American food supply

Bottled Water  In 2010, Americans spent $11 billion on bottled water.  We throw away 60 million water bottles a day.  Bottled water is the same quality as tap water.  Fill a reusable water bottle from the tap.

Mt. Everest  The Nepal government has decreed that all climbers must bring back 18 pounds of trash

Romanian Example

Where does our trash go?

How much is Recycled

What can be recycled?  Plastic - any Bottle or Jug  Glass – any bottle or jar  Metal - Aluminum and Steel Cans  Paper—any type of paper except coated

5 R’s—In this order  Refuse: say no to extra things  Reduce: use less, avoid packaging  Reuse: Find additional uses for things  Recycle: Send it back to a recycling center  Rot: compost it!

Refuse  Say No.

Reduce  Use less, i.e. toothpaste  Make your own/DIY

Reuse

Recycled products

Recycled Products

Rot  Compost it in a pile or composter

With your partner(s)discuss the following.  Why is the order important? Refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle, rot  What are some ways you have or can Refuse?  What are some ways to reduce your trash output?  List some items that can be reused.  What new things can you recycle?  What can you compost?

The “green” t-shirt give away  Discuss with your partner, how you can apply “Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rot” to the free t-shirt give away.  The scenario: Your family is attending a benefit concert about going green. They have free t-shirts for everyone.

Review ?s  What are the 5 Rs?  What are 2 things you are going to do?