Reduce Reuse Recycle

Reduce

Reduce the amount of energy you use – turn off electrical appliances – don’t leave them on standby.

Try to cut down on your waste – in the UK we throw away 25 million tonnes of household waster every year!

What’s in your bin?

• By throwing things away we are wasting energy resources

• You could use excel to make a graph of these results.

Reuse

• Reuse your plastic bags

• Pass on unwanted clothes

Recycle

• Recycling saves resources

• Recycling saves energy

• Recycling reduces pollution

• Recycling contributes to sustainable development

• Studies show it is possible to recycle 70% of our waste

RECYCLE RUBBISH

Energy Savings….Glass

• Recycled glass takes 20% less energy to produce and causes 20% less pollution

Energy saving…Aluminium

• Aluminium is used to make drinks cans and cooking foil. It uses lots of energy to produce.

• Recycled Aluminium use 95% less energy to make and causes 99% less pollution.

Market for Recycled Goods

• Many companies now sell goods made from recycled materials below is a link to just one such company – have a look and see they type of goods they make.

http://www.planettrash.co.uk/termsandconditions.htm

Made from old plastic bags

Or from aluminium can pulls