n ational recycling day november 15 th , 2012

National Recycling DayNational Recycling DayNovember 15th, 2012

Some thoughts brought to you by MTHS Eco-Club

This slide show has 12 second timing per slide for a total of 6 minutes plus two important videos, links on slides 4 & 5 for another 5 minutes = approximately 11-15 minutes of show time – easy pause or advance on click in addition to the set timing

Where does most of the garbage in the US end up???

A: oceans

B: incinerators

C: recycling centers

D: landfills

Where does most of the garbage in the US end up???

A: oceans

B: incinerators

C: recycling centers

D: landfillsD: landfills

Why recycle…

1. To use our resources more effectively

2. To save fuel, reduce air pollution, and reduce possibilities of contaminated water supply

3. To save space in the landfilllandfill so we use less land for our waste

Watch this video to learn more: What happens to our garbage Watch this video to learn more: What happens to our garbage

2:19 minutes2:19 minuteshttp://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Annabelle-Gurwitch-

Investigates-What-Happens-to-Our-Garbage-Video

Landfills are for waste, so why should we care?

So…how does a modern landfill work anyway?

Please click link below, 2:43 minutes2:43 minutes:•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC1u6rJkyzA&feature=player_embedded#!

So instead of using land for more and more of this…

If more of us used these to recycle correctly, we could reduce how much land we use for waste…..

Approximately 1 billion trees worth of paper are thrown away every year in the U.S.

Are you recycling paper products Are you recycling paper products and cardboard yet??? and cardboard yet???

MTHS has been for years!MTHS has been for years!

If every American recycled just 1/10th of their newspapers

we would save about 25,000,00025,000,000 trees a year!

Are you recycling paper products Are you recycling paper products and cardboard yet??? and cardboard yet???

MTHS has been for years!MTHS has been for years!

Recycling a single addition of this one newspaper,

the Sunday New York Times, would save 75,000 trees.

Are you recycling Are you recycling paper products and paper products and cardboard yet??? cardboard yet???

MTHS has been for MTHS has been for years!years!

CRAZY FACTS!!!

CRAZY FACTS!!!

CRAZY FACTS!!!

The amount of wood and paper we throw away each year is enough to heat 50,000,000

homes for 20 years

Are you recycling paper products Are you recycling paper products and cardboard yet??? and cardboard yet???

MTHS has been for years!MTHS has been for years!

More Facts …

• Throwing away a single aluminum can, instead of recycling, is like pouring out 6 oz. of gasoline on the ground… the fuel it takes the fuel it takes to make a new aluminum can.to make a new aluminum can.

On the other hand….On the other hand….

• Recycling only 1 aluminum can, saves enough energy to power a TV for 3 hours

Celebrate Celebrate Recycling DayRecycling Day

[[and every day of the year]and every day of the year]

November 15November 15thth, 2012, 2012

Make one simple change -

if we ALL did, imagine the impact

we could ALL make!

Save money, save time,

save our home!

What can you do?.......

Recycle at Recycle at home, home,

school, work, school, work, wherever you wherever you see bins like see bins like

these.these.

Have you seen these around school lately?

As a community, we must learn to

correctly use them for a cleaner greener

environment.

What do you notice? What do you notice?

1.Same title?

2.Are they the same opening shape?

3.Does trash have only ‘trash’ in it?

In the next few slides you will learn what is considered to be

recyclable in Phoenix.

Phoenix Recycles Plastic

All hard plastic containers including:

buckets plastic jugs bottles with or

without caps

Phoenix Recycles Paper cardboard food boxes junk mail wet strength paper board newspaper magazines phone books juice boxes shredded paper (placed in

clear plastic bags)

Phoenix Recycles Glass

glass bottles jars any food grade

glass containers

Phoenix Recycles Metals, too

aluminum cans metal cans small metal

appliances empty aerosol cans (No Paint, Pesticides,

Oven Cleaners).

http://phoenix.gov/publicworks/recycling/recyclables.html

Don’t forget Styrofoam!AKA - Polystyrene

Styrofoam is one of the major things to to avoid as much as possible because: avoid as much as possible because: •They use fossil fuels to make it•When burned, it releases toxic fumes into the air we breathe•It takes hundreds of years to decompose in the landfill•Styrofoam recyclingStyrofoam recycling is slowly is slowly expanding in the USexpanding in the US, but at present there is still too much of this material that ends up in our landfills. •It is estimated that 30% of the total estimated that 30% of the total solid waste volume dumped in landfills solid waste volume dumped in landfills is polystyrene

Why do we want to avoid using Styrofoam?

1. It’s easy to recycle

2. It takes 3 months to decompose in the landfill

3. Styrofoam recycling is slowly expanding in the US, but still it is estimated that it makes up 30% of the total solid waste volume dumped in landfills

Why do we want to avoid using Styrofoam?

1. It’s easy to recycle

2. It takes 3 months to decompose in the landfill

3.3. Styrofoam recycling is slowly Styrofoam recycling is slowly expanding in the US, but still it expanding in the US, but still it is estimated that it makes up is estimated that it makes up 30% of the total solid waste 30% of the total solid waste volume dumped in landfillsvolume dumped in landfills

GOOD NEWS

Metro Tech has a Styrofoam compactor! This will be in operation soon and will take care of the Styrofoam materials used in our cafeteria!

Until then…

Earth 911.com

Just looking for a facility nearby to drop off the Styrofoam? Earth 911.com

provides a great service to help you locate a Styrofoam recycling facility in

your area.

Related Articles

• Jamba Juice to Phase Out Polystyrene Cups• Smoothie chain Jamba Juice announced last month that it plans to phase out its use … • Published in Plastic• 5 Signs You Might be a Recycling Hoarder• Do you inadvertently collect recyclables in your

home? Are they spilling out of your cabinets … • Published in Household Published in Plastic• A Cooler Alternative to Polystyrene• You’re headed to the big game, giving yourself

ample time to tailgate. You decide to … • Published in Household• Calif. Requires Recycled Content Packing

Peanuts• Those difficult-to-recycle polystyrene

packaging peanuts are getting an eco-friendly makeover in California. Starting Jan. 1, …

• Published in Plastic• Calif. Closer to Banning Foam Takeout

Containers• California is moving closer to becoming the

first state to ban polystyrene foam takeout food … Published in Plastic

Earth911.com articles about polystyrene

What does Phoenix Recycle?

1. Plastics2. Glass3. Paper and cardboard4. Aluminum and other metals5. Styrofoam6. All of the above7. None of the above8. Only the first four above

Phoenix Recycles What?

1.1. PlasticsPlastics2.2. GlassGlass3.3. Paper and cardboardPaper and cardboard4.4. Aluminum and other metalsAluminum and other metals5. Styrofoam6. All of the above7. None of the above8.8. Only the first four aboveOnly the first four above

We can do more…togetherWe can do more…together

• The national recycling rate has increased every year since 1980.

• The current recycling rate is 34%.

JOIN US IN RECYCLING MORE! JOIN US IN RECYCLING MORE! 

For America Recycles Day 2012, I pledge to:

Learn. I will find out what materials are collected for recycling in my community at www.americarecyclesday.org Act. Reduce my personal waste by recycling. Within the next month, I will recycle more… you decide, aluminum, paper, glass…here at school, home, everywhere!

Make the world… 

…a better place for you, your family, and your community.

Think GREEN!