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Household Rubbish

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

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Household Rubbish

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  1. Household Rubbish What happens to it?

  2. Landfill Sites Lots of air pollution / dust Rats and Gulls / Contamination/ Extra HGV traffic

  3. Incineration plants • Burns everything including the re-usable materials • Produces lots of air pollution • Although it can be used to produce electricity- very inefficient

  4. What are the alternatives? What can we do to protect valuable resources? The 3 R’s Reduce Reuse Recycle

  5. Recycling

  6. What sort of things can be recycled?

  7. Cans

  8. BottlesPlastic and glass

  9. Paper and Cardboard

  10. Clothes / textiles and shoes

  11. How do we collect these goods?Door to Door with leafletsTextile banksCharity Shop returnsSchools Collections

  12. What happens to the items after collection?

  13. Repacked for easy stacking

  14. Loaded on to Trucks / Containers

  15. Sorted and graded into lots of different grades and types of clothing that can be re-worn

  16. And items that can’t are made into wiper cloths for industry

  17. Good quality light/tropical clothing is sent out to the Third world and Asian countries

  18. This creates jobs and ….

  19. 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

  20. It also brings in much needed money from tourists

  21. 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.

  22. 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.

  23. Schools programme Sometimes site a Textile bank at the school Provide bags for collection Send letter home with children

  24. Things not to do with the letter

  25. What to do with letter Show it to Parents/Guardians Grandparents Friends / Neighbours

  26. Then bring in the collected bags on the arranged day

  27. You must get permission from Your parents before bringing items in.

  28. Because if your Dad should look like this

  29. Or this.. when he goes to work

  30. But has to go like this

  31. Or this You could be grounded until you are about 35

  32. Remember • Reduce • Reuse • Recycle

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