Recycling

Copy these notes into your notebook:

To recycle we must separate our waste.

Organic – food that biodegrades.

Recyclable – paper, glass, bottles, cans, etc.

Compounds – clothes, toys

Hazardous – medicines, sprays, batteries, etc.

§Unrecycled waste goes to a landfill site. Plastics can take 500 years to decompose!

§Other waste goes to a treatment plant and is separated.

§Each type of waste is then manufactured into a new product.

Write the definition for these key words (you can use the internet if you like):

Battery = energy stored in a small bar form

Landfill site = The place where waste goes that cannot be recycled

Treatment plant = The place where recyclable waste goes to be recycled

Biodegrade = What organic waste does when it decomposes

Decompose = When waste breaks down

Manufacture = To produce a product

Find out on the internet what we should do with these products when we don’t need them any more:

§Cooking oil – it can be recycled into biodiesel (a fuel). Place it a bottle and take it to an oil recycling bin. Before you throw it away you can reuse several times.

§Out of date medicine – The container can be recycled with plastics. You can take it back to some pharmacies. If you do throw it away put it in a small bag with other rubbish.

§Batteries – Take them to a battery bin

§Old furniture – You can sell it second hand. Ring a company to take it away.

§Old phones – Sell them to a company on the internet. You could sell or give them away (reuse)

§Clothes – Donate them to a charity or put them in a clothes container

When you have done all of this you can go to the quizlet page https://quizlet.com/172931247/human-impact-on-the-environment-flash-cards/