1. Unit 2, Section B-Topic 5: A Wasteful world
What is waste? Using these images come up with your own definition of waste

2. Waste definitions.. Biodegradable vs non-biodegradable
Domestic vs industrial
Hazardous vs non-hazardous
Solid vs liquid

3. Why do some countries produce more waste than others?
Put these countries in order of who you think produces the MOST waste per person
Country
Kg per person
China
149
Germany
593
Singapore
1048 UK
590
Ethiopia 4
Brazil
330
Why do some countries produce more waste than others?

4. In pairs match up the correct percentages with the type of waste
USA- type of domestic waste
Bangladesh type of domestic waste
Type of waste
Paper and board
Food
Plastic
Gas
Textile
Cans
Other
Percentage 4 5 12 25
Type of waste
Food and Vegetable
Plastic
Garden waste
Paper
Other
Percentage 10 70 5 4 11

5. 1.Describe how domestic waste varies between a HIC (High-income country) and a LIC (Low-income country). 2. Explain why domestic waste varies between a HIC and a LIC
USA- type of domestic waste
Bangladesh type of domestic waste
Type of waste
Paper and board
Food
Plastic
Gas
Textile
Cans
Other
Percentage 25 12 5 4
Type of waste
Food and Vegetable
Plastic
Garden waste
Paper
Other
Percentage 70 5 11 4 10

6. June 2010

7. HIC Vs LIC Look at p124, Figure 1.
Describe what the table demonstrates about the differences between HIC and LIC waste production. Use figures in your answer. (3)
Why do HICs produce so much waste? FACTS!!

8. What does the map tell us about waste production?

9. Why do we produce so much waste?
Match up the figures with the descriptions- write them in your book
Average daily output of solid waste alone from Asia’s largest cities:
Amount of waste the people on the Ivory Coast generate a year:
The poorest 20% consume only what percentage of the world’s products?:
Percentage of household waste produced by packaging:
Number of tonnes of e-waste generated every year:
760,000
50 million 35
1.3
200

10. Average daily output of solid waste alone from Asia’s largest cities: 760,000
Amount of waste the people on the Ivory Coast generate a year: 200kg
The poorest 20% consume only what percentage of the world’s products?: 1.3%
Percentage of household waste produced by packaging: 35%
Number of tonnes of e-waste generated every year. 50 million

11. Why do HIC’s produce so much waste?
Commodities
HIC (%usage)
LIC (%usage)
Protein Food 45 5
Energy 58 4
Telephone lines 74
1.5
Paper 84
1.1
Motor Vehicles 87 1
Table showing consumption of world’s products
What is the relationship between wealth of a country and the amount waste they produce?
What is the relationship between the wealth of a country and the type of waste they produce?

12. Why do we produce so much waste?
Packaging:
Primary: the wrapping or the containers that are handled by the consumer.
Secondary: the larger cases or boxes that are used to group quantities of primary-packaged goods for distribution and for display in shops.
Transit: the wooden pallets, the cardboard and plastic wrapping and the containers that are used to enable the loading, transport and unloading of goods

13. June2011

14. How do we dispose of waste?
For each of these different types of waste- write down how you dispose of it and where your think it goes
Batteries
Left over food
Old clothes
Cooking oil
Old phones
Broken furniture

16. What happens after you throw it away?

17. Local level case study: North London waste disposal
Waste Disposal London
Answer the questions on the sheet as we go through the video.
6 mark Q

18. 2013

19. Tipping Point
Complete the questions on the article on the issue with waste in Britain. Due for Thurs lesson.

20. Homework: Due in MONDAY
Create a pie chart tracking your household’s domestic waste.
Cans, paper, food waste, electrical waste, plastic
How do you think your waste production varies
Over the course of the year (summer -Christmas)
To a family in Bangladesh?