Household Rubbish
What happens to it?
Landfill Sites
Lots of air pollution / dust
Rats and Gulls / Contamination/
Extra HGV traffic
Incineration plants
• Burns everything including the
re-usable materials
• Produces lots of air pollution
• Although it can be used to produce electricity- very inefficient
What are the alternatives?
The 3 R’sReduceReuse
Recycle
What can we do to protect valuable resources?
Recycling
What sort of things can be recycled?
Cans
BottlesPlastic and glass
Paper and Cardboard
Clothes / textiles and shoes
How do we collect these goods?
Door to Door with leafletsTextile banks
Charity Shop returnsSchools Collections
What happens to the items after collection?
Repacked for easy stacking
Loaded on to Trucks / Containers
Sorted and graded into lots of different grades and types of clothing that can be re-worn
And items that can’t are made into wiper cloths for industry
Good quality light/tropical clothing is sent out to the Third world
and Asian countries
This creates jobs and ….
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
It also brings in much needed money from tourists
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.
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.
Schools programme
Sometimes site a Textile bank at the school
Provide bags for collectionSend letter home with children
Things not to do with the letter
Show it to Parents/Guardians
Grandparents Friends / Neighbours
What to do with letter
Then bring in the collected bags on the arranged day
You must get permission from Your
parents before bringing items
in.
Because if your Dad should look like this
Or this..
when he goes to work
But has to go like this
Or this
You could be grounded until you are about 35
Remember•Reduce•Reuse•Recycle