Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

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  REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE NOURSALLAM TIPS ON HOW TO:
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  DEFINITIONS Three great waysYOU can eliminate waste and protect your environment. How we choose to handle waste affects our world's environment. That includes everything around us such as air, water, land, plants, and man-made things. We need a healthy environment for our own health and happiness. WHAT IS REDUCING, REUSING AND RECYCLING ABOUT? Reducing is cutting back on the amount of trash we make, reusing is finding a new way to use trash so that we don't have to throw it out, and recycling is using trash to remake new goods that can be sold again. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO REDUCE, REUSE AND RECYCLE? It is defined as the collection, transportation, disposal or recycling and monitoring of waste. It is the waste material that is produced through human being activity. This material is managed in order to avoid its adverse effect over human health and environment. WHAT IS WASTE MANAGEMENT?
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  HOW CAN YOUHELP? MISSION By learning about and practicing the three R's of waste management: Reduce, reuse, and recycle! Practicing all three of these activities every day is important for a healthy environment.
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  COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHTS TIP #1
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  CFLS CFLs have acoiled tube instead of the round bulb in old-style light bulbs (incandescent bulbs). They are like the long fluorescent light tubes in ceiling lights, but shrunk down and coiled up so they can replace incandescent bulbs. WHAT ARE CFLS? Yes! Safely using and disposing of CFLs is very important to protecting our health and environment. It prevents mercury getting into the environment. Towns, cities, and some stores collect CFLs for recycling. CAN YOU RECYCLE CFLS? CFLs use about 75% less energy than incandescent bulbs. Saving energy helps the environment. By using less energy, this means less greenhouse gases will get into the air. HOW DO THEY WORK?
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  RECYCLE TIP #2
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  RECYCLING Lots of things(like cans, bottles, paper, and cardboard) can be remade into either the same kind of thing or new products. Making new items from recycled ones also takes less energy and fewer resources than making products from brand new materials. HOW DOES IT HELP? Ask your local recycling office (city, county, or state) about what can be recycled. NOT SURE WHAT TO RECYCLE? Just about anything in your home (or office or school, etc.) that cannot be reused CAN be recycled into something else. Here is a simple list of things you may be able to recycle: - Aluminum cans - Cardboard - Electronic equipment - Glass (particularly bottles and jars) - Magazines - Metal - Newspaper - Paper - Plastic Bags - Plastic Bottles - Steel Cans - Writing/Copy Paper - Yard Waste (leaves, grass) - A cartoon trash can WHAT CAN BE RECYCLED?
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  REDUCE TIP #3
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  REDUCING To make somethingsmaller or use less, resulting in a smaller amount of waste. A key part of waste reduction is conservation — using natural resources wisely, and using less than usual in order avoid waste. WHAT IS REDUCTION? Buy in bulk to get the best product to package ratio Buy concentrates rather than diluted products Use durable items longer Say NO to junk mail HOW CAN PARENTS HELP? Buy and use less Make wise package selections Avoid single serve containers Make use of reusable bags Find out if you need bottled water HOW DO YOU PRACTICE REDUCTION?
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  REUSE TIP #4
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  REUSING You can reusematerials in their original form instead of throwing them away, or pass those materials on to others who could use them too. HOW DO YOU REUSE MATERIALS? Take along washable cups or travel mugs instead of disposables When you do use disposables like plastic cups, plates, utensils, and plastic food storage bags, don't throw them away. Wash and reuse them— most of them will last for a long time with many uses. WHAT ARE SOME WAYS ON HOW TO REUSE ITEMS?
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  VERMICOMPOST TIP #5
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  VERMICOMPOSTING It is theuse of earthworms to convert organic waste into fertiliser. WHAT IS VERMICOMPOSTING? Make a dark house for the worms to live in. A wooden or plastic bin or other non-metal container. Make drain holes near the bottom. Fill the bin with moist bedding. Bedding can be paper or newspaper shredded, leaves, straw, peat moss, or sawdust. Make sure the bedding is kept very moist like a sponge. Change the bedding once or twice a year. Feed the worms. Yes: Fruit, vegetables, coffee grounds, bread, leaves. No: Milk, oil, eggs, meat, fat, dog or cat feces. Dig a hole in the bedding, dump the food in and cover it up with bedding. Pick a new spot each time you add food. Keep them damp and warm. Add water if the bedding feels dry, but make sure the excess water can drain away. Cover the bin with plastic or a tarp during freezing weather. HOW DO YOU VERMICOMPOST?
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  REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE THANKYOU! www.savetheenvironment2k17.weebly.com END References: Kids Environment Kids Health - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. (2017). Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. [online] Available at: https://kids.niehs.nih.gov/topics/reduce/index.htm [Accessed 11 Oct. 2017]. US EPA. (2017). Reduce, Reuse, Recycle | US EPA. [online] Available at: https://www.epa.gov/recycle [Accessed 11 Oct. 2017]. Wwf.org.au. (2017). WWF - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. [online] Available at: http://www.wwf.org.au/get-involved/change-the-way-you- live/reduce-reuse-recycle#gs.AREOhWs [Accessed 11 Oct. 2017].