Hurumanu - Science - 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 by recycling these products?
Plastics: We're reducing plastic by recycling them
Cycling or walking: We don't have to use our car

Paper: We don't have to cut down trees
Steel: We don't need to keep using coal when we burn down steels

Video questions:

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

What can we do on the planet?

1.   Reduce 
2.   Recycle
3.   Reuse
4.   Repair & Redesign

What do we need to recycle?

Plastics, Styrofoam, Paper, Steel and etc

What does recycling do?

It reduces pollution, prevents global warming, habitat destruction, avoids landfills.

It reduces CO2 emissions.

How much of our rubbish is food scraps?

42% 

What does soil do to carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

It helps to stabilize the planet

What do we need to do?

1. Make P__lant_______s. 
2. Have Zero __Waste_________

What is a carbon footprint?

How can you make your Carbon Footprint smaller?

1. Reduce using electricity

2. Walking when going to the mall

3. Walking when going to a friend's house

ENERGY SAVING TIPS FILM

Name 4 of the tips.

1.   If you're not using the microwave, turn it off
2.   If the tap is open and you're not using it turn it off
3.  Walk instead of using a car when going somewhere near your place  
4. Turn off the light when you don't need it

AT WHAT RATES DO DIFFERENT ITEMS DECOMPOSE?

MY INVESTIGATION.

Choose 5 items from the list and investigate them. 

You need to answer three questions.

Name: Leaves, Orange Peels, Plastic Bags, Styrofoam, Aluminium Cans

1. How long do they take to decompose?

- Leaves = 1-3 months

- Orange Peel = 3-6 months

- Plastic Bags = 10-20 years

- Styrofoam = Never

- Aluminium Cans = 200-400 years

1. What resource/fossil fuel are they made from?

- Leaves =  Trees, when it's autumn, leaves fall from trees

- Fruit Peels = Fruit, when eating fruits, you remove their peels, some fruits peels are edible, some aren't

- Plastic Bags = Ethylene (Derived from natural gas and petroleum)

- Styrofoam = Expanded polystyrene foams

- Aluminium Cans = Tin-plated steel

1. How is this resource recycled?

- Leaves =  You can shred (optional) them and make it into mulch, leaf molds, DIY (do it yourself) compost. If you have a chicken you can use it as a bedding.

- Fruit Peels = For orange peels, before eating, cut the orange peel in half and remove the endocarp and all the juices until it's left with its albedo, melt some wax and put the wick in the middle, you now have an orange-scented DIY candle. You can make decorations, make perfume, and/or cosmetics products.

- Plastic Bags = Reuse it for future purposes, make a DIY plastic clothing. Use it to line bins at home. You can use it to wrap any delicate valuable things at home.

- Styrofoam = You shred it and make it into a cushion fill like bean bags. Use it for DIY's

- Aluminium Cans = You can use it for DIY's and for life hacks. Exchange it for money, some communities allows it.

1. How does this object contribute to climate change?

- Leaves =  It causes landfills, sea animals eats the leaves that are dragged or blown from the wind thinking it's food.

- Fruit Peels = It causes landfills 

- Plastic Bags = By making a lot of plastic bags, it causes pollution, thinning our ozone layers and it also causes landfills. When it floods and there plastic bag flying around everywhere, it blocks the water from going through the drain.

- Styrofoam = It causes pollution in the process of making them, it blocks the drains

- Aluminium Cans = It increases the trash