Plastic waste Recall some facts about plastic waste
Plastic waste * ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
Where does plastic go? • What do you do with your used plastic when you are finished with it? • Pop bottles • Sweet wrappers • Yoghurt pots • Meat packaging * ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
Have you bought any of these products over the last month? How many? * ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
What happens to our plastic? * ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
Keurig cup * ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
Q 1. How many years does it take for a plastic bottle to degrade fully? A. 14 years B. 145 years C. 450 years D. 1500 years * ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
* ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
* ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
Q 2. Which countries produce the most plastic waste? A. China B. Thailand C. India D. USA * ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
Which countries generate the most/least plastic pollution? * ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
* ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
Q 3. What percentage of household waste is plastic? A. 7 % B. 11% C. 17% D. 30% * ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
* ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
Q 4. On average how many plastic bags are used world wide every minute? A. One thousand B. One hundred thousand C. One million D. One billion * ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
* ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
The story of the plastic bottle • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=_6 xl. Ny. WPp. B 8 * ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
Q 5. What are most plastics made from? A. Coal B. Oil C. Gas D. Plastic * ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
Q 6. Recycling one plastic bottle saves enough energy to power one 60 watt light bulb for… A. 6 minutes B. 60 minutes C. 6 hours D. One day * ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
Where does the plastic end up? • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=cw. TDvqaq. Pl. M * ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
Where does our waste end up? * ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
Where does our waste end up? Animals become trapped in litter and are unable to free themselves, sometimes suffocating * ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
Where does our waste end up? • Approximately 100, 000 animals such as dolphins, turtles, whales, penguins are killed every year due to plastic bags * ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
Where does our waste end up? • Turtles eat the plastic • Plastic in their gut doesn’t break down • Turtles feel full and don’t eat… • Turtles starve to death * ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
Where does our waste end up? • What’s wrong with this picture? * ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
Even you… • Some people don’t care about the birds and the bees – they want their plastic! • But do you want plastic inside you? • Plastic breaks down into microplastic particles that can enter your body in your food! * ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
What can we do? • Can you think of how we can reduce the damaging effects of plastic pollution? • At school? • At home? • In our country? * ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
Plastic free for a month! • Could you live without buying plastic for a month? Could you say no to: • Say no to plastic bottles • Say no to plastic bags • Say no to plastic drinks straws * ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
The Plastic Free Challenge * ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
What else can you do? • Ask your local shops to charge for plastic bags or stop giving so many out * ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
What can you recycle? * ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
* ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
What happens to plastic sent for recycling? * ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
What happens to plastic sent for recycling? * ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
Recycling – help save our planet In your book make a poster to show why we should recycle. You need to include: • Information about plastic waste (this could be types, quantities, uses etc) • Where plastic comes from and what happens to it • What we should do with used plastic • Why it is important to reuse or recycle plastic * ** Recall some facts about plastic waste (G) State why it is important to reuse plastics (F) *** Present your ideas on why we should reuse and recycle plastics (E)
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