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Thinking about waste and recycling for a happy eco-Christmas!. What is waste? Why is it a problem? Santa’s top tips to reduce, reuse and recycle A new recycling song!. Waste is anything that we throw away in our bins - such as cans, paper, vegetables, glass and plastic, food and lots more.
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Thinking about waste and recycling for a happy eco-Christmas!
What is waste? • Why is it a problem? • Santa’s top tips to reduce, reuse and recycle • A new recycling song!
Waste is anything that we throw away in our bins - such as cans, paper, vegetables, glass and plastic, food and lots more. • Can everyone think of something that they threw away today?
We all make a lot of waste especially at Christmas, when we have extra paper, cards and lots of packaging • We also waste a lot of food. 7 million tonnes of food and drink is thrown away every year in the UK (that weighs the same as 1,200,000 elephants !) • And more than half of this could have been eaten... • So what could we do to help?
So how can we reduce our waste? • Wrap presents in different ways to reduce wrapping paper • Make sure you eat up all your food at meal times • Love your left overs! • Make your own Christmas cards and presents • Put your bin on a diet in the New Year by throwing less away! Click the bin to watch a video about wrapping presents with crisp packets!!
How can we reuse? • Make your own Christmas decorations • Take bags with you when you go shopping so you don’t need a new ones • Make your own paper chains from old wrapping paper or wallpaper • Get your gifts from charity shops – great for bargains!
How we can recycle? • Recycle Rudolph’s (and your) mince pie wrappers and all your cans, plastic, bottles, tubs and trays too. • Recycle wrapping paper and Christmas cards • Take any glass bottles and jars to a bottle bank and have a smashing time! • Did you know that you can recycle cartons, aerosols, pots and pans and books in your recycling bin at home too? • Are there any other things you can recycle ?
Bin men come to collect to-oo- morrow Time to sort out the rubbish All plastic and the car-ard-board Must be sep-ar-ay-ay-ted Gonna take shopping my re-us-a-ble ba-ag Say no to plastic, we all know it’s bad Don’t make more waste, reuse some more Compost fruit you have left-o-over Reduce, re-use, and don’t forget No, don’t forget Re-cy-cle, re-cy-cle Can’t throw away anymore Re-cy-cle, re-cy-cle Show the world that yo-ou care I know that Recycling’s the way Let us keep it up I want my planet to stay the sa-ame