1. Reduce Reuse Recycle

2. Reduce Reduce the amount of energy you use – turn off electrical appliances – don’t leave them on standby. Try to cut down on your waste – in the UK we throw away 25 million tonnes of household waster every year!

3. What’s in your bin? By throwing things away we are wasting energy resources You could use excel to make a graph of these results.

4. Reuse Reuse your plastic bags Pass on unwanted clothes

5. Recycle Recycling saves resources Recycling saves energy Recycling reduces pollution Recycling contributes to sustainable development Studies show it is possible to recycle 70% of our waste

6. RECYCLERUBBISH

7. Energy Savings…. Glass Recycled glass takes 20% less energy to produce and causes 20% less pollution

8. Energy saving… Aluminium Aluminium is used to make drinks cans and cooking foil. It uses lots of energy to produce. Recycled Aluminium use 95% less energy to make and causes 99% less pollution.

9. Market for Recycled Goods Many companies now sell goods made from recycled materials below is a link to just one such company – have a look and see they type of goods they make. http://www.planettrash.co.uk/termsandconditions.htm Made from old plastic bags Or from aluminium can pulls