1 / 8

Why do We Send Wrappers to TerraCycle?

Why do We Send Wrappers to TerraCycle?. terracycle site. We collect wrappers at lunch time and snack time. Special thanks to the Environmental Commission of Little Silver for purchasing new collection bins for 12 of our classrooms!. So they won’t go in the garbage….

aviva
Download Presentation

Why do We Send Wrappers to TerraCycle?

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Why do We Send Wrappers to TerraCycle? terracycle site

  2. We collect wrappers at lunch time and snack time • Special thanks to the Environmental Commission of Little Silver for purchasing new collection bins for 12 of our classrooms!

  3. So they won’t go in the garbage… • Garbage that is thrown out goes to a landfill or incinerator, where it will release carbon emissions that have a negative impact on the environment. • Garbage that is recycled goes to a processing plant and is converted into new raw materials to make new products. This not only eliminates the negative effects of landfilling/incinerating it, but processing garbage into new raw material releases fewer emissions that producing new ("virgin") materials.

  4. …and create more carbon emissions • Carbon emissions refers to the amount of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere, which can be generated from a variety of processes. An excess of carbon dioxide gas in the atmosphere causes global warming because it traps the radiation from the sun in our atmosphere and won't let it escape, which warms the earth.

  5. Excess gases trapped in our atmosphere makes our earth warmer The point is, if the greenhouse effect is too strong, Earth gets warmer and warmer. This is what is happening now. Too much carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the air are making the greenhouse effect stronger. Click for More information on greenhouse gas

  6. TerraCycle “Upcycles” Our Wrappers • We spent the money earned by our TerraCycle collections to purchase clipboards made from circuit boards that are used in the Courtyard Classroom by the student body Click here to view products made with TerraCycle materials

  7. Some trash doesn’t get landfilled or recycled • Here’s a video about what can happen to the ocean when you don’t • http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/23/oprah-shines-light-on-gre_n_190552.html

  8. Next Green Team Meeting • A representative from Clean Ocean Action will be here for a special presentation including an enviro-scape interactive display! February 8th – don’t miss it!!

More Related