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Litter
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Litter
• Noonelikeslittersowhydopeopledoit?• Discusswithyourpartnerandblast5quickandsimplereasonswhypeoplelitterin60seconds.
• Sohowcanwestoppeoplefromlitteringandtakemorecareoftheirenvironment?60seconds……..GO!SJHS
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Litter
• Thinkaboutwhereyoulive.• Whatarethemostcommonplacesforlittering?
• Isschooloneofthese?• Ifyes,whydoyouthinkpeopleinourfantasticschooldonotputlitterintheappropriateplace?SJHS
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Litter SpendsometimeexploringthefactsoflitteringonthemapSJHS
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Litter facts
• ItcoststheUK£1bntoclearlitterEVERYYEAR.Moneywhichcouldbespentonthingstoreallybenefitsociety.ThinkofthegooditcoulddoinourstrugglingNHS…
• Anestimatedeightmilliontonnesofplasticwasteisaddedtotheoceanseveryyearandmostplasticneverbiodegrades.Itbreaksdownintosmallerpiecesknownasmicro-plastics.Largepiecescantrapanimalsandsmallerpiecesareofteneaten
• Wildlifesufferstheconsequences,asdoourpets.TheRSPCAreceiveover7,000phonecallsayearaboutanimalswhohaveeatenorbeeninjuredbylitter.Theythinkthattherealnumberismuchhigherasmostownersgostraighttovetsandmanywildanimalswhosufferaren’tfound.SJHS
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Litter facts
• Plastics,polystyrenecupsanddiscardedpackagingarechokingriverhabitatsbuttendtobehiddenatthebottomofthewatersogounnoticed.Decomposingplasticcanreleasetoxicchemicalswhicharethenpassedthroughthefoodchain.
• Riversandstormdrainscarryinlandlitterouttosea.Thereare5.25trillionpiecesofplasticdebrisintheoceanand2,500itemsofrubbishforeverykilometreonourbeaches.
• Thecostsoflitteraresignificantandvaried.TheannualcostofpickinguplitteracrosstheUKiscloseto£1billion,eighty-onepercentofBritishpeoplesaythatseeinglitteronthestreetsmakesthemfrustratedandangryandspendingtimeinplacesthatappearuncaredformayresultindamagetocommunityspirit.SJHS
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Litter
• Quiz-workwithyourpartneraswetryandanswerthefollowingpoints;
• Whydroppinglitterisbadforourenvironment,wildlifeandcommunities
• Whyit’simportanttothinkcarefullyaboutballoonreleasesandhowweusecertain‘singleuse’plasticitems
• Whatweshouldn’tflushdownthelooandwhy!
• https://cleanupbritain.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Clean-Up-Britain-Litter-Quiz.pdfSJHS
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• Soalwaysputtingourlitterinabinisthebestwaytoavoidlitteringbuthowcanwereducetheamountoflitterandwastewemake?
• Here'safewtogetyoustarted,canyouthinkofothers?
• Alwayscarryingreusablebagsforourshopping
• Takingreusablecupsforourtake-outhotdrinks.
• Paperorcardstrawsforoursoftdrinks
• Carryingrefillablewaterbottlesanddrinkinggoodoldtapwater
• Canyouthinkof5more?
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Litter kills
• TheUKhasaseriouslitterproblem.Takealookaroundyou–everyvillage,town,city,beachandroadsideisblightedwiththelazyleftoversofourdailylives.
• Inparticularyoungwomenandmen,aged12-30,whodon’teventhinkaboutlitter.Thisagegroup,whilesayingtheylovetheplanet,agreewithrecycling/greenissuesandwanttosaveendangeredspeciesaretheworstatlittering…..that’syou!!!.
• We’resupposedlyanationofpetandanimallovers.Britishhouseholdsintotalhost8.5mdogsand8mcats.Millionsofuscareaboutwildlifeandenjoyseeingwildanimalswherewelive,workandplay.
• Yetourlitteringhabitaffectsthousandsandthousandsofanimalsinaverybad,sometimesfatal,way.
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Litter- gum!!
• The30milliontonnesoflitterdroppedeachyearstartswithasingleitem–andchewinggumisaparticularlystickyissue.Gummakesstreetslookgrubbyanduncaredfor,andisevenworsewhenitstickstoourclothesandshoes.
• Eachpieceofgumcosts10ptoremovefromourstreets,ormorethanthegumcostsinthefirstplace.With95%ofourcountry’sstreetsstainedwithgumtheseclean-upcostscouldbebetterspentelsewhere.
• https://youtu.be/CjTjQewngxE• https://youtu.be/xOp8A6exECI
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Litter
• Watchthevideo,doyouthinkbottledepositsareagoodideatostoplittering?
• https://youtu.be/jCjeNZquEPU
• Unfortunatelylitterisaprobleminourschooltoo.
• Whatwayscanyouthinkoftoencouragepeopletobemoreresponsible,bintheirrubbishandlookafterourschool?
• WewouldlovetohearyouranswersbecausethisisOURschoolandWEneedtolookafterit.
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