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Sustainable Materials and Recycling Practices for a Greener Future

Identify and utilize recyclable materials such as PVC, Glass, Steel, Polypropylene, Acrylic, Textiles, Aluminium, HDPE, Polystyrene, HIPS, ABS, Cardboard, and Paper for a sustainable environment. Explore the importance of recycling in combating climate change, managing waste, reducing poverty, and ensuring energy security. Adopt sustainable practices like rethinking, reducing, recovering, reusing, and recycling to make a positive impact. Engage in activities to create both unsustainable and sustainable products to understand the implications on the environment and promote eco-friendly choices.

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Sustainable Materials and Recycling Practices for a Greener Future

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  1. Write down as many recyclable materials as youcan….

  2. Did you get any of these? PVC Glass Steel Polypropylene Acrylic Textiles Aluminium HDPE Polystyrene HIPS ABS Cardboard Paper

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  7. Why is it important? • Climate Change • Waste • Poverty • Energy Security

  8. Makeit SUSTAINABLE • Rethink • Reduce • Recover • Reuse • Recycle

  9. Rethink • No useful function?

  10. Reduce • Unnecessary packaging?

  11. Recover • Is waste really waste?

  12. Reuse • Is there more life in the product?

  13. Recycle • What will happen when this toaster breaks?

  14. Good Examples • Created a new market for 2nd hand goods • Changed attitudes and behaviour • Commercially profitable

  15. Good Examples • Eco Balls • Replaced consumable power • Refillable, less material. • Commercially profitable

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  18. Activity 1 In teams of 2, you must make something BAD for the environment! You choose the product…

  19. Makeit UNSUTAINABLE! • What materials will you use? • How will it be made? • Is it useful? • How big is it? 10min!

  20. MakeitUNSUSTAINABLE! For example! • Materials? • Manufacturing processes? • Waste materials? • Transport and delivery?

  21. Makeit UNSUSTAINABLE • Rethink • Reduce • Recover • Reuse • Recycle

  22. Activity 2 Now, in the same team…. With the same product… Make your product SUSTAINABLE!

  23. Makeit SUSTAINABLE • Rethink • Reduce • Recover • Reuse • Recycle

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