Greece

POLAND

Cracow

Comenius Project- Athens, Greece

• Capital city: Warsaw

• Area 313 km

• Population: 38,5 mln

• Amound of garbage per capita: 300 kg/yr

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Our c i ty . . .Our c i ty . . .

Our schoo l ! : )Our schoo l ! : )

What does the word What does the word recycling mean?mean?

It's a process when we convert garbage into brand new thing, so that they don't go to waste.

Waste dump "Barycz"Waste dump "Barycz"

The biggest garbage dump around CracowThe biggest garbage dump around Cracow

Any rescue???Any rescue??? Hopeful ly we 've jus t s igned a Hopefu l ly we 've jus t s igned a

contract for a new eco log ica l re fuse contract for a new eco log ica l re fuse inc inerat ion plant ! inc inerat ion plant !

Garbage b ins Garbage b ins

Sort ing- t enement Sor t ing- t enement houseshouses

How long does i t take to How long does i t take to decompose . . .decompose . . .

• A cup of yoghurt- 400 years (actually it's around 900)

• Cigarette butt- 10 years (actually around 5)

• Plastic bag- 200 years (actually 400)

• Tin- 300 years (actually 10- 1000)• Orange skin- 2 years (actually it's from 2 months- 1 year)• Pear core- 1 year (actually around 6 months)

• Polystyrene, glass- 5000 years (actually 4000)

We chose 3 vo lunteersWe chose 3 vo lunteers Each one of them for a week time counted the

production of waste in their houses and weighed them. We got those results.... : (numbers are approximated)

Number of waste per day + weight

Number of waste per week + weight

Number of waste per year + weight

1 person 3,36- 0,94 kg 23- 6,63 kg 1200- 345 kg

2 person 3,02- 0,86 kg 21- 6,05 kg 1100- 315 kg

3 person 3,57- 1,03 kg 25- 7,2 kg 1300- 375 kg

Fun fac t t ime! : )Fun fac t t ime! : ) We found out that the most often used material in our

country is PLASTIC.

We make out of it for example:

- acoustic screens by the road

- some of the energy

- we also add it to asphalt

- more plastic objects

SourcesSources• youreuropemap.com• http://www.ekospalarnia.krakow.pl/• http://www.czystyzysk.eu/wroclaw/pojemniki_do_selektywn

ej_zbiorki_odpadow• http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Krakowa• http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=574340• http://www.film-commission.pl/lokacje/wysypisko-smieci-w-

baryczy.html• http://krakow.gazeta.pl/krakow/1,44425,12646366,Poludnio

wokoreanska_firma_wybuduje_spalarnie_odpadow.html

With special thanks to Patrycja Pilinska who let us use her pictures!

Thank you for your Thank you for your a t tent ion!at tent ion!