1. ONE of the biggest problems for the environment

2. We made a 5 days rubbish journal: 24 students wrote down everything that they threw away at home. Here are things and numbers: Paper tissues404 Paper38 Banana peel31 Plastic bag26 Box from candies25 Milk carton24 Teabag23 Yoghurt carton22 Plastic bottle (PET)18 Chewing gum14 Fruit stones12 Plastic box10 Biscuit wrapping9 Other wrapping8 Diaper7 Egg shells7 Old food6 Pad6 Newspapers4 Apple core3 Broken glass3 Tooth paste tube3 Box of medicine2 Dental floss2 Empty glass bottle2 Matches2 Drinking straw2 Cotton wool stick2 Insert2 Broken pencil2 Bones1 Dish from butter1 Pencil case1 Roll of toilet paper1 Bread1 Paper box1

3. Here is 1 school waste basket in the morning. And here is the same basket after lessons.

5. We bring old paper to school and our school gets money for it. We recycle about 7.5 tons of old paper a year.

7. 1 packet of paper sheets = 3 kg Our school needs about 189.5 packets of paper a year 189.5 x 3 = 568.5 kg Do you know how many trees we need?

8. To make 1.000 kg of paper you need about 13 trees with a trunk of about 20 cm in diameter. Our school needs about 7.39 trees a year.

9. Recycling PET bottles we get materials for our sweatshirts, sleeping bags, winter jackets, etc. Do you like drinking coca cola? What do you do with PET bottles?

10. Do you separate the waste? Do you know what is each coloured bin for? Glass paper plastic beverage cartons glass metal dangerous waste bio-waste

11. Is it necessary to produce all this rubbish? Please, help to save our planet Earth!

12. Jana Zrůstková Age: 13 years Class : 8.A ZŠ Krátká 676 Klášterec nad Ohří the Czech Republic Tereza Štulcová Age: 13 years Class: 8.A ZŠ Krátká 676 Klášterec nad Ohří the Czech Republic Lucie Cvrčková Teacher