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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!