Copyright © 2004 TC Associates Using the Presentation School Network Shared Drive/VLE Presentation on shared drive Delivered to whole class by projector

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Teaching and Learning Programme –

Recycling and Rubbish Reduction in East Riding of Yorkshire

Lesson texts


Module 1 – Don’t drop litter. Why not?

Module 2 – What a load of rubbish

Module 3 – What’s in your rubbish?

Module 4 – Produce less. Create more!

Module breakdown


MODULE ONE

Don’t drop litter. Why not?


Litter = Rubbish = Waste = Resource

Litter is more than an eyesore. It is a hazard. Think of some of the problems this may cause.

Litter

Fire Safety

Health Threat to wildlife


Thousands of car and bicycle accidents happen each year because of litter

Problems caused by litter

Every 12 minutes a fire starts because of litter

Did you know

Litter is a Safety Hazard

Litter is a Fire Hazard


Rats live in litter - they have fleas that carry disease

Thousands of animals choke on litter each year

Problems caused by litter

Did you know

Litter is a Health Hazard

Litter is a Threat to Wildlife


Litter facts

Litter can take months or even years to rot away (biodegrade). Think of some materials that can take several months to rot away.

A cotton shirt

Paper Orange peel

A newspaperA paper bag


Litter facts

Some materials take many years to rot away. Can you think of any?

Plastic bags

Leather Metal containers

Discuss how many years you think it will take for these pieces of rubbish to rot away.

Takeaway containers


Litter facts

Plastic bags

Leather Metal containers

Up to 20 years

Up to 40 years Up to 100 years

? Just think how much decomposing litter (litter that is rotting away) is lying on our planet!


Prevent litter - reduce waste

Some examples:

You are making the area more beautiful

You are setting an example for others to get rid of litter themselves

You are making it less likely that others will drop litter because the

area

is clean and tidy

You are reducing the amount of waste in your area.

after East Riding of Yorkshire - it’s a beautiful place to live, let’s keep

it that way.

L k

How can picking up litter make a difference?What do you think?


MODULE ONE

Activities


What hazards can litter cause?

Task 1

What hazards do you think litter causes apart from looking untidy and spoiling the countryside?

Activity1

Fire hazards

Safety hazards

Health hazards

Threats to wildlife


How long does it take for litter to rot away?

Activity2

Task 2

Discuss how long it would take for the following objects to rot away:

A baked bean canA newspaperSome orange peel

A leather belt

A cotton shirt


MODULE TWO

What a load of rubbish!


ERYC waste facts

To hit this target we all need to help!

2002/3 records show that:

In 2002/3 East Riding of Yorkshire Council collected 189,832 tonnes of household waste. This doesn’t include waste produced by factories and businesses - that is called commercial waste.Almost all of the household waste was buried in landfill sites.

Councils all round the country have been set targets for recycling waste

25,184 tonnes of household waste was recycled. That was 13% of the waste collected

East Riding of Yorkshire Council must recycle 27% of household waste by 2005/06.


Amount of waste recycled by ERYC during 2002/03

87%

13%

waste sent to landfill

waste recycled


Amount of waste that needs to be recycled by ERYC during

2005/06

73%

27%


waste recycled


How you can help ERYC achieve their

recycling targetThink about places in East Riding of Yorkshire where you can take your rubbish to be recycled.

These are called bring sites – ERYC has more than 100 bring sites

Some supermarket car parks, leisure centres, pub car parks, outside schools

Do you know where your nearest bring site is?




How you can help ERYC achieve their

recycling target

What else can you do?

Household waste recycling sites (the tip) – ERYC has 10 of these sites

Kerbside recycling – ERYC has just launched a wheeled bin kerbside recycling scheme

What can you do at home?


Recycling our rubbish

Lots of you have a new blue wheelie bin at home to use for recycling. This is called kerbside recycling.

Use your blue wheelie bin for rubbish that can be recycled - paper and magazines. Take glass to the glass banks (at most bring sites).



Recycling our rubbish

Remember to use your green wheelie bin for rubbish that can’t be recycled like polystyrene and tissues.

Remember - Blue bin recycling - Green bin rubbish

Go on - use that Blue BIN!


Facts and figures

ERYC’s 2002/03 Household Waste Figures

Total Collected Landfill Recycled % Recycled

189,832 tonnes 164,648 tonnes 25,184 tonnes 13.3

Just look at these figures.

What percentage is recycled?

Do you think this is enough? 87%

13%


waste recycled


Waste sites in East Riding of Yorkshire


Landfill

If you don’t recycle where does the rubbish go?

It goes to landfill


Facts about landfill

Landfill – is when untreated rubbish is tipped into holes in the ground. When the hole is full the top is covered and the ground is returned to other uses.

New landfill sites are becoming harder to find.

In East Riding of Yorkshire there is plenty of beautiful countryside - but do we want to pollute it with rubbish and create lots of ugly tips across our area?

What do you know about it?


Facts about landfill

So what can we do insteadof sending our rubbish tolandfill?

Here is a landfill site in

East Riding of Yorkshire.


Imagine what the Humber Bridge would look like piled high in a year’s worth of rubbish.


MODULE TWO

Activities


Facts and figuresActivity

3

Task 3

Using the figures provided on factsheets 1 and 2 create a pie chart or graph showing the amount of waste sent to landfill and the amount of waste recycled (in tonnes).

Create a second pie chart or graph to show how much waste should have been recycled to meet the 27% target for 2005.


ERYC waste facts

To hit this target they need everyone’s help!

2002/3 records show that:

In 2002/3 East Riding of Yorkshire Council collected 189,832 tonnes of household waste. This doesn’t include waste produced by factories and businesses - that is called commercial waste.Almost all of the household waste was buried in landfill sites.

Fact sheet 1

25,184 tonnes of household waste was recycled. That was 13% of the waste collected

East Riding of Yorkshire Council must recycle 27% of household waste by 2005/06.

Councils all round the country have been set targets for recycling waste


Facts and figures

2002/03 Household Waste Figures

Total Collected Landfill Recycled % Recycled

189,832 164,648 25,184

Discuss in groups what percentage of waste collected is recycled.

Fact sheet 2


MODULE THREE

What’s in your rubbish?



An average family will produce 1,250 kilograms of household waste

each year.

A small car like a Mini!

Unfortunately, your household waste is bulkier (takes up more space)

than a Mini Cooper and fills at least a wheelie bin every week.

What else would weigh this much?


In 2002, ERYC produced 189,832

tonnes of household waste

A wheelie bin holds approximately

10 kilograms of waste

Therefore, in 2002, ERYC’s waste

filled 18,900,000 wheelie bins.


If you stood these wheelie bins side

by side they would stretch from

Spurn to Flamborough and back

58 times!



Discuss what rubbish is in your bin at home.Here are some examples of the rubbish that a typical bin contains:

Organic waste (like vegetable peelings)

Paper and card (mostly packaging)

Newspapers and magazines

Glass bottles and jars

Plastics (bottles and bags)

Metal cans

Textiles

Other waste materials

8%

9%

16%

3%20%

30%6%

8%

Note: figures provided are percentages of overall weight


Percentages of different types of rubbish

8%9%

16%

3%

20%

30%

6%8%

Plastics (bottles and bags)Glass bottles and jarsNewspapers and magazinesTextilesOrganic waste (like vegetable peelings)Paper and card (mostly packaging)Metal cansOther waste materials


MODULE THREE

Activities


What do you think is in your bin?Activity

4

Task 4

Using the information provided on factsheet 3 produce a bar chart or pie chart showing the percentages of types of waste in a typical household wheelie bin.


What percentages of rubbish?

Discuss what rubbish you think there is most of in a typical bin.

Organic waste (like vegetable peelings)

Paper and card (mostly packaging)

Newspapers and magazines

Glass bottles and jars

Plastics (bottles and bags)

Metal cans

Textiles

Other waste materials

20%

30%

16%

9%

8%

6%

3%

8%

Factsheet 3

Note: figures provided are percentages of overall weight


Task 5

Family Survey – how much household waste do you think your family produces in one week?

As a class, discuss what types of waste should be counted in columns on your survey chart Fill in the heading for each column Show the days of the week in the rows of the chart Using the ‘Household Waste Survey’ chart you have designed, collect information each day that will show the types of waste that are thrown away in your house Count the number of items for each column and enter the information each day.

What do you think is in your bin?Activity

5


Task 6

Decide the best way to show the results of your survey. This can be done by hand or using a computer.

What do you think is in your bin?

Activity6


MODULE FOUR

Produce less. Create more!


Think before you junk!

The National Waste Strategy 2000 said that councils must recycle more waste instead of just dumping it! So what can you do to help?The strategy suggests ways of producing less waste.

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

Recover

What do you think these might be?

This is called the waste hierarchy!


Reduction

Discuss what you think is meant by reduction of waste.

Reduction means sending less waste to landfill.

A tonne of waste prevented is a tonne less to bury


Reuse

Discuss what you think is meant by reuse of waste.Reuse means reusing things, such as glass bottles, returnable plastic crates, shoes, spectacles or even computers.

Some products are designed to be reused a number of times.


Recycling

Discuss what you think is meant by recycling of waste.

Recycling means turning rubbish into new products. Lots of things can be recycled. In East Riding of Yorkshire a kerbside recycling scheme means you can recycle: Paper Magazines

In the future the kerbside recycling scheme will include: Cans Plastics


Recovery

Discuss what you think is meant by recovery of waste.

Recovery involves transforming (changing) the material by reprocessing it. For example, burning waste, or extracting methane from a landfill site, to generate heat or electricity.


What materials can be sorted?

There are many projects being started across the country to support the reduction of waste. In all areas these plans encourage the sorting of materials that can be recycled. If people sort the waste at home, (called kerbside collection), then less waste has to be disposed of.

Think of some materials that can be sorted before collection:

Compost bins help households to recycle their kitchen peelings and garden waste.

textiles

glass

cans

paper

organicsplastics



Get it sorted - spread the word!

Tell everyone who can’t recycle at home to do their bit by using our Household Waste Recycling Centres (tip).

Discuss what you could find at these centres:

glass banks

save-a-can banks

paper banks

places for textiles

places for garden rubbish.


How do you think you could help when taking rubbish to the Household Waste Recycling Centres?

You could: wash out bottles, cans and jars take the labels off them as well crush the cans and plastic bottles to take up less space.

How you can help when it comes

to recycling

Safety First be careful when handling rubbish ask an adult to crush cans for you watch out for sharp edges.

Where is your nearest recycling centre?Visit http://www.eastriding.gov.uk/environment


Think!

When getting rid of your rubbish think about the

4Rs. What are the 4Rs? Reduce - Don’t create waste - if we cut down on the things we use we

will produce less waste

Reuse - Use it again before you throw it away check to see if it can be

re-used by someone else

Recycle - Can it be recycled?

Recover - Can the energy locked up inside it be converted into

something useful?

If it has to be thrown away (disposal) can we do it safely?

Get that rubbish sorted !!!


Recycled ProductsRecycling means manufacturing a new product from old, used material. Lots of recycled products are available.

Cardboard containers Toilet rolls

Plastic bottles Fleece jackets

Used aluminium cans New aluminium cans

Used glass bottles New glass bottles

The display in the photograph shows waste materials that have been collected (on the left) and then recycled into new products (on the right).


Recycled Products

At the moment there is not enough demand for recycled products.

Lots of information on products that can be recycled is available. For more information on these products you could use an internet search engine using the key words you have learnt about recycling.

A manufacturer will automatically choose to use a raw material rather than a recycled one if there is no demand from the public.

To make sure more waste is recycled we must start using recycled products.


MODULE FOUR

Activities


Group work – waste disposal

Task 7(a)

Discuss what you think is meant by landfill.

What do you think are the problems of this method of getting rid

of

waste (waste disposal)?

What type of products are reused in your house?

What do you think is meant by recycling?

Make a list of the types of waste that can be recycled.

Activity7(a)


Group work – recycling in your area

Task 7(b)

Discuss the type of recycling that takes place in your area

Activity7(b)

Write a report about recycling in your local area. You should include the following in your report:

what material is recycled how the material is collected where the material is collected who collects the material what you think happens to it when it is collected.


Group work - Presentation

Task 7(c)

Using the images in the recycling folder, and using your answers to Task 7(a) and 7(b), make a multi-media presentation to show to the class. Work in small groups.

Activity7 (c)


Get the message across

Task 8

Activity8

Design a poster that will be used in an advertising campaign about recycling. The campaign is aimed at promoting recycling and will be used to educate the general public.


REFERENCE MATERIAL


Glossary 1 (Primary)

Biodegrade – when a product breaks down, safely and disappears into the environment.

Bring sites – a place where people take their rubbish to be recycled.

Civic amenity site – a place where people take their bulky waste.

Collection facilities – all of the organised collection networks available to people.

Contaminants – materials that have been mixed with other materials when they shouldn’t have been.

Controlled waste – industrial, household and commercial waste.

Disposal – getting rid of rubbish.

Home composting – the breaking down of kitchen and garden waste to either produce a soil conditioner or to achieve a reduction in their collected waste.

Household waste – all wastes covered by Schedules 1 and 2 of the Controlled Waste Regulations 1992.

Household waste recycling sites – see ‘bring sites’.

Kerbside recycling – a system where the householder puts their waste or recoverable materials into a container or bag and places it, on a specific day, outside of their property, for collection.


Landfill site – a place where rubbish is tipped into the ground.

Municipal waste – all waste collected by or on behalf of local councils and includes all household waste, street cleaning waste and some business waste.

Processing – the treatment of recyclable, compostable or otherwise recoverable materials at a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) or other facility, prior to reprocessing.

Recover – to transform material by using it again for the original purpose or for other purposes.

Recycle – to reprocess rubbish for the original purpose or for other purposes.

Recycling – the reprocessing of rubbish into new products e.g. paper, glass, cardboard, plastics and scrap metals can be recycled.

Reprocessing – the treatment of recyclable or compostable materials, after collection and processing, to prepare a secondary material that meets market specifications.

Reduce – to reduce the actual amount of rubbish produced.

Residue – materials sent for final disposal after collection and processing.

Reuse – involves products designed to be used a number of times in the same form, such as glass milk bottles or returnable plastic crates.



Special waste – defined under the Special Waste Regulations 1996. In broad terms, any wastes on the European Hazardous Waste list that have one or more of 14 defined hazardous properties. Controlled waste, which consists of, or contains, substances which are ‘dangerous to life’ as defined in UK regulations.

Sustainable development – development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Waste (rubbish) – products which have been discarded by the householder, business, or other waste generator, as having no further use.

Waste management – management of the collection, recovery and disposal of wastes.

Waste minimisation – the reduction of waste.

Further sources of information:

- Waste not, want not – A strategy for tackling the waste problem in England (November 2002)

http://www.number-10.gov.uk/su/waste/report/01.html

- Review of environmental & health effects of waste management (May 2004)

http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste/health-effects/index.htm



Glossary 1 (Secondary)

Biodegrade – when a product breaks down, safely and relatively quickly, by biological means, into the raw materials of nature and disappear into the environment.

Bring sites – a place where people take their waste and/or their recyclable, compostable or otherwise recoverable materials.

Civic amenity site – facility provided by a local authority for householders to take bulky household waste, garden waste and other household wastes, which are not normally taken by vehicles on domestic collection rounds.

Collection facilities – all the collection infrastructure available to the householders for the collection of waste and recyclable, compostable or otherwise recoverable materials, civic amenity sites and mini recycling centres.

Contaminants – misplaced materials that are not targeted (including dirty materials) but which are set out by the householder in the programme facilities. Contaminants can also be the result of failure to maintain the separation of the targeted materials during the collection and processing.

Controlled waste – Industrial, household and commercial waste, as defined in UK legislation.

Disposal – getting rid of rubbish as a last resort.


Home composting – the aerobic decomposition of kitchen and garden putrescible waste organised by householders in private gardens or allotments, to either produce a soil conditioner or to achieve a reduction in their collected waste.

Household waste – all wastes covered by Schedules 1 and 2 of the Controlled Waste Regulations 1992.

Household waste recycling sites – see ‘bring sites’.

Kerbside recycling – a system of waste recycling in which the householder or other waste generator places their waste or recoverable materials into a container or bag and places it, on a specific day, at the curtilage or in the immediate vicinity of their property, for collection.

Landfill site – site used for waste disposal into/onto land.

Municipal waste – all waste collected by or on behalf of local authorities and includes all household waste, street cleaning waste and some commercial and trade waste.

Processing – the treatment or upgrading of recyclable, compostable or otherwise recoverable materials at a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) or other facility, prior to reprocessing. Upgrading operations include sorting, densification, shredding, bulking.

Recover – to transform material by extracting value from it through reprocessing the material in a production process for the original purpose or for other purposes, including energy recovery. This is also referred to as ‘to valorise’.



Recycle – to reprocess waste materials in a production process for the original purpose or for other purposes, including composting but excluding energy recovery.

Recycling – the reprocessing of wastes into new products. Many non-hazardous wastes such as paper, glass, cardboard, plastics and scrap metals can be recycled. Certain special (hazardous) wastes such as solvents can also be recycled.

Reprocessing – the treatment of recyclable or compostable materials, after collection and processing, to prepare a secondary material that meets market specifications. For example, composting, the production of recycled plastic pellets, recyled paper or clean glass cullet.

Reduce – to reduce the actual amount of waste produced.

Residue – materials sent for final disposal after collection and processing. Residues comprise both contaminants and targeted materials that have been either missed during sorting, or contaminated so they cannot be sorted to the specification.

Reuse – involves products designed to be used a number of times in the same form, such as glass milk bottles or returnable plastic crates.

Special waste – defined under the Special Waste Regulations 1996. In broad terms, any wastes on the European Hazardous Waste list that have one or more of 14 defined hazardous properties. Controlled waste, which consists of, or contains, substances, which are ‘dangerous to life’ as defined in UK regulations.



Sustainable development – development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Waste (rubbish) – products which have been discarded by the householder, commercial outlet, institution, industry or other waste generator, as having no further use.

Waste management – management of the collection, recovery and disposal of wastes, including options for waste reduction.

Waste minimisation – the reduction of waste at source, by understanding and changing processes to reduce and prevent waste. This is also known as process or resource efficiency. Waste minimisation can include the substitution of less environmentally harmful materials in the production process.

Further sources of information:

- Waste not, want not – A strategy for tackling the waste problem in England (November 2002)

http://www.number-10.gov.uk/su/waste/report/01.html

- Review of environmental & health effects of waste management (May 2004)

http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste/health-effects/index.htm



Useful websites

www.eastriding.gov.uk/environment

www.ciwm.org.uk

www.compost.org.uk

www.crn.org.uk

www.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste

www.encams.org

www.environment-agency.gov.uk

www.esauk.org

www.foe.co.uk

www.globalactionplan.org.uk

www.letsrecycle.com

www.ollierecycles.com

www.othas.org.uk/ccn

www.recoup.org

www.recycle.net

www.recyclingglass.co.uk

www.remarkable.co.uk

www.rethinkrubbish.com

www.scrib.org

www.standards.dfes.gov.uk

www.textile-recycling.org.uk

www.wastewatch.org.uk

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