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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Less than 1% of bags are recycled. It cost more to recycle a bag than to produce a new one. - Christian Science Monitor News Paper. Nearly 200 different species of sea life including whales, dolphins, seals and turtles die due to plastic bags.

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

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  1. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

  2. Less than 1% of bags are recycled. It cost more to recycle a bag than to produce a new one. - Christian Science Monitor News Paper

  3. Nearly 200 different species of sea life including whales, dolphins, seals and turtles die due to plastic bags - World Wildlife Fund Report 2005

  4. …to different parts of our lands

  5. So… What do we do?

  6. RECYCLING Bin Location • 3rd Floor – Blue bin (at Desk-White Paper) or Large (Common Areas) • 4th Floor - Blue bin at desk, kitchen, conference or copy rooms What Can I Recycle? Paper Items Paper Cardboard Envelopes Phone Books Post-it Notes Magazine Bottles and Cans Cans Plastic Bottles Glass Bottles Aluminum Foil Yogurt and Cottage Cheese containers

  7. A NEED TO RECYCLE • WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO RECYCLE? • WHY SHOULD WE REUSE ITEMS? • WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO REDUCE? • WHY SHOULD WE RECYCLE? • HOW CAN WE HELP?

  8. WHATDOES IT MEAN TO RECYCLE? RECYCLING MEANS TO USE MATERIALS AGAIN TO MAKE SOMETHING NEW!

  9. WHY SHOULD WE REUSE ITEMS? • PRODUCTS THAT STAY USEFUL REDUCE THE DEMAND FOR NEW PRODUCTS • REUSING ITEMS ALSO EXTEND THE PRODUCTS NEED TO BE RECYCLED OR THROWED AWAY

  10. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO REDUCE? • REDUCTION MEANS TO MAKE SOMETHING SMALLER • USE SOMETHING LESS OFTEN

  11. Where does it go? • Much of our garbage ends up in landfills. • Sometimes the garbage is taken to an • Incinerator where it is burned.

  12. HOW CAN WE HELP? • We can help by learning more about and Practicing the three “R”s of management: Reduce, reuse, and recycle.

  13. Sort Out Trash

  14. Re-use

  15. Reduce Plastic Usage

  16. What happens if? • We don’t recycle? • We don’t re-use • We don’t reduce

  17. Done by: • Faaiz Rehman • AmrHasaballah • Haider Shaker • Saif al Romaithi • Mohammad Abbas • Thanks for listening! We hope you learned a lot today

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