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Write down as many recyclable materials as you can …. Did you get any of these?. PVC. Glass. Steel. Polypropylene. Acrylic. Textiles. Aluminium. HDPE. Polystyrene. HIPS. ABS. Cardboard. Paper. ????. ????. ????. ????. Why is it important?. Climate Change Waste Poverty
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Did you get any of these? PVC Glass Steel Polypropylene Acrylic Textiles Aluminium HDPE Polystyrene HIPS ABS Cardboard Paper
Why is it important? • Climate Change • Waste • Poverty • Energy Security
Makeit SUSTAINABLE • Rethink • Reduce • Recover • Reuse • Recycle
Rethink • No useful function?
Reduce • Unnecessary packaging?
Recover • Is waste really waste?
Reuse • Is there more life in the product?
Recycle • What will happen when this toaster breaks?
Good Examples • Created a new market for 2nd hand goods • Changed attitudes and behaviour • Commercially profitable
Good Examples • Eco Balls • Replaced consumable power • Refillable, less material. • Commercially profitable
Activity 1 In teams of 2, you must make something BAD for the environment! You choose the product…
Makeit UNSUTAINABLE! • What materials will you use? • How will it be made? • Is it useful? • How big is it? 10min!
MakeitUNSUSTAINABLE! For example! • Materials? • Manufacturing processes? • Waste materials? • Transport and delivery?
Makeit UNSUSTAINABLE • Rethink • Reduce • Recover • Reuse • Recycle
Activity 2 Now, in the same team…. With the same product… Make your product SUSTAINABLE!
Makeit SUSTAINABLE • Rethink • Reduce • Recover • Reuse • Recycle