1. Household Rubbish What happens to it?

2. Landfill Sites Lots of air pollution / dust Rats and Gulls / Contamination/ Extra HGV traffic

3. Incineration plants Burns everything including the re-usable materials Produces lots of air pollution Although it can be used to produce electricity- very inefficient

4. What are the alternatives? The 3 R’s Reduce Reuse Recycle What can we do to protect valuable resources?

5. Recycling

6. What sort of things can be recycled?

7. Cans

8. Bottles Plastic and glass

9. Paper and Cardboard

10. Clothes / textiles and shoes

11. How do we collect these goods? Door to Door with leaflets Textile banks Charity Shop returns Schools Collections

12. What happens to the items after collection?

13. Repacked for easy stacking

14. Loaded on to Trucks / Containers

15. Sorted and graded into lots of different grades and types of clothing that can be re-worn

16. And items that can’t are made into wiper cloths for industry

17. Good quality light/tropical clothing is sent out to the Third world and Asian countries

18. This creates jobs and ….

19. enables some people to earn a living and the others are able to afford new clothing and shoes for their families without having to rely on Charity or handouts

20. It also brings in much needed money from tourists

21. The heavier items e.g. woollen jumpers, blankets, coats etc are sent to the colder Eastern Bloc countries, where again it creates employment and allows people to provide for their own families. It is estimated that 70% of the worlds population uses second-hand clothes.

22. It is estimated that 400,000 to 700,000 tonnes of textiles, worth an estimated £400 million, are sent to landfill every year in the UK. At least 50 % of the textiles going for landfill are re-usable / recyclable.

23. Schools programme Sometimes site a Textile bank at the school Provide bags for collection Send letter home with children

24. Things not to do with the letter

25. Show it to Parents/Guardians Grandparents Friends / Neighbours What to do with letter

26. Then bring in the collected bags on the arranged day

27. You must get permission from Your parents before bringing items in.

28. Because if your Dad should look like this

29. Or this.. when he goes to work

30. But has to go like this

31. Or this You could be grounded until you are about 35

32. Remember Reduce Reuse Recycle