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| reusing materials to make new products |
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| What do the three arrows mean? |
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| each is a step in the recycling process: collection, processing, and making new products |
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| Recycling helps the environment by...? |
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| keeping products out of landfills and reducing pollution |
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| Why do people recycle? 3 reasons |
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| less money; less energy and less resources |
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| When people recycle, does that use more or less energy? |
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~people separate recycling materials
~recycling materials are collected
~materials are processed and sold |
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| How can you reduce the amount of trash you produce? |
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| Be careful shopping; don't buy too much of something or more than you need |
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| What do manufacturers do when they see people buying products that are refillable, reusable, or concentrated? |
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| manufacturers will produce more of the products people buy |
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| What do manufacturers do when they see people buying products that are refillable, reusable, or concentrated? |
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| manufacturers will produce more of the products people buy |
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| What is purchasing power? |
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| companies make what people will buy |
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| What are 7 ways to reduce trash output? |
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~buy in bulk or large containers
~use sponge not paper towels
~buy concentrates
~buy fruits and veggies without packaging
~don't buy products with excess packaging
~repair broken items instead of replace
~donate things to charity when you don't want them anymore |
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| using something again instead of tossing it out; usually a new use is found |
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| a landfill or waste to energy incinerator |
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| What percentages of trash is recycled, burned and put in landfills? |
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26% recycled
8% burned
66% in landfills |
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| What is waste to energy incinerator? |
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it converts trash into a smaller amount of ash, and produces electricity
*some make water into steam energy |
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| What gas is generated by trash in landfills? |
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| methane and it is used to generate electricity |
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| costs money to clean it up; people don't like ti |
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| What types of trash are dangerous and need to be disposed of in a different way? |
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| old paint, pesticides, pool cleaners, cleaning chemicals, fluorescent lamps, batteries, mercury thermometers, electronics |
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| In 2009, what percent of trash was recovered? |
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| How much trash does the average person produce daily? |
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| In 2009, how many curbside recycling programs were there? |
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| How much material was recycled in 2009? |
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| 82 million tons; the result was less carbon dioxide in the air (like taking 33 million cars off the road |
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| If all materials that are able to recycled were, how much money would it generate? |
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| How do we know recycling is growing? |
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| increasing recycling rates and new collection programs |
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| How many people work to recycle? |
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| over 1.1 million workers and generated over $236 billion in revenue in 2001 |
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