Recycling

Hurumanu - Recycling

Aim: To learn practical ways of recycling so that we can make our world a better place.

The Zero Waste Climate Solution movie

How can we prevent climate change though recycling these products?

Plastics: Plastic means that you are not realizing carbon dioxide gas because you don't burn anything.
Cycling or walking: It means that there will be no co2 gonna be release at the atmosphere.
Paper: Recycling paper means we don't cut down fewer trees.
Steel: It means that you don't need to burn coal to release co2. 

Video questions:

What is Zero Waste? One of the quickest and cheapest way a community can immediately reduce climate impact.

What can we do on the planet?

1. Reduce   
2. Redesign
3. Repair
4. Re-use

What do we need to recycle? We need to recycle a plastic bottle, Plastic bags, Styrofoam cup,  

What does recycling do? Recycling helps the planet earth to get less co2 and trash. 

How much of our rubbish is food scraps? I think it is 50%

What does soil do to carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? The soil brings back down the carbon dioxide to the ground.

What do we need to do?

1. Make P_________s. 
2. Have Zero ___Waste________

What is a carbon footprint? Carbon footprint is the amount of carbon dioxide releases to the atmosphere and as a result of activities of a particular community.

How can you make your Carbon Footprint smaller?

ENERGY SAVING TIPS FILM

Name 4 of the tips.

1.   Turn of your Microwave
2. Always turn off the lights in your room if your sleeping.
3. Drive less. 
4. Plant a garden to help bring down the co2.

AT WHAT RATES DO DIFFERENT ITEMS DECOMPOSE?

MY INVESTIGATION.

Choose 5 items from the list and investigate them. 

Paper-  Paper usually get completely decomposes for about two to six weeks. To build a paper you need to cut down trees so that means if we keep making paper, the less tree we have the less oxygen we're gonna have. 

Leaves- Leaves breakdown at 6-12 months, they take that long because they don't contain the nitrogen to speed up the content. 

plastic bottle- Plastic bottle take about 450 years to degrade, One of the solutions that I have is just recycle the plastic bottle or make something out of it that help earth to be better.

Aluminum can- Aluminum can take 200-500 years to break down. If we keep putting trash everywhere then we have a possibility to have a big flood. 

Plastic bag- Every plastic bag that we have to take 10-1000 years to decompose. If the Plastic bag doesn't break down it slowly go down to the soil and releasing some toxic chemical. 
You need to answer three questions.

Name: Styrofoam

1. How long do they take to decompose? It never decomposes.
2. What resource / fossil fuel are they made from? It is made of petroleum or crude oil.
3. How is this resource recycled? It is put to a machine then it will get crushed down.
4. How does this object contribute to climate change? When it's heated the styrofoam release toxic chemical to the food.

Name: Aluminum can 

1. How long do they take to decompose? it can take for about 200-500 years to break down.
2. What resource/fossil fuel are they made from? The Bauxite is mined from the earth's crust and processed into aluminum.
3. How is this resource recycled? Image result for how is the aluminum recycled The consumer throws aluminum cans and foil into a recycle bin.
4. How does this object contribute to climate change? The aluminum industry continues its work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Name: Leaves

1. How long do they take to decompose? it takes 6-12 months to break down.
2. What resource/fossil fuel are they made from? Fossil fuels are hydrocarbons, primarily coal, fuel oil or natural gas, formed from the remains of dead plants and animals.
3. How is this resource recycled? The easiest way to recycle fallen leaves is simply to leave them alone.
4. How does this object contribute to climate change? 

Name: Plastic bags

1. How long do they take to decompose? It takes 10-10,000 years.
2. What resource/fossil fuel are they made from? Its is made by oil
3. How is this resource recycled? It gets platen by a machine 
4. How does this object contribute to climate change?  By placing them in the landfill. 

Name: Paper

1. How long do they take to decompose? 2-6 weeks 
2. What resource/fossil fuel are they made from? The paper is made put of wood.
3. How is this resource recycled? The Paper is taken from the bin and deposited in a large recycling container along with paper from other recycling bins.
4. How does this object contribute to climate change? Its something that the science is working on.