RECYCLING Recycling is restoring some raw materials such as plastics, scrap metal, glass and paper - processing them and repeated using. Thanks to the recycling we protec the natural environment, reduce the quantity of waste and limit consuming of new raw materials. Recycling has been known for almost 2000 years. DIVISION OF WASTE PAPER AND WASTE PAPER METAL, ALUMINIUM CONTAINERS GLASS PLASTIC TIME OF THE DISINTEGRATION OF MODEL PRODUCTS - cotton material - 1-5 months, - paper handkerchieves - 3 months, - skin of the fruit - 6 months, - woollen material - 1-5 years, - butt-end of the cigarette - 1-10 years, - chewing gum - 5 years, - leather clothes - 30-50 years, - aluminium can - 50-100 years - plastic bag - 300 years, - glass bottle - 4000 years SEGREGATION We can see special containers for materials which can be recycled on almost every housing estate, however few people use them .Basic containers are: blue - i for the collection of paper, green – for the glassware and yellow plastic intended for collecting. PAPER newspapers and magazines catalogues and brochures school and office paper books in soft covers (or without) paper bags wrapping paper cardboard and cardboard boxes TREES ARE ALIVE! 1 TON OF THE WASTE PAPER 17 TREES Reusing of 1 ton of spare paper allows to : • • • • 1476 litres of oil, 26.5 thousand litres of water, 7 m3 of the place on the stockpile 4.2 thousand kWh of the energy (that is so much, that we can warm the average flat for half a year). • power consumption reduced by 75%, • air pollution - by 74%, • amount of slurry reduced by 35%! PLASTIC •bottles after drinks (best crushed) •bottles after liquids for washing •plastic screw caps •plastic bags, sacks, advertising leaflets •plastic baskets after fruits COLOURLESS GLASS bottles and glass after drinks and the food bottles after alcoholic beverages glass packages for cosmetics COLOUR GLASSWARE bottles and glass jars after drinks and food bottles after alcoholic beverages glass packages for cosmetics METAL AND ALUMINIUM Colour of the container: - red - aluminium- grey - other metal packages The container is used to collect metal and aluminium containers (cans, boxes, containers around aerosols, foils and the like) AIMS OF RECYCLING Preservation of natural resources - using the recyclable waste will reduce using primaeval raw materials and the deficiency of supplies of the natural resource. Environmental protection - extracting raw materials and processing them into consumer goods are associated with the burden and the decay of the environment; preservation of natural resources is an environmental protection. Energy saving - the recyclable waste is means of conveying the energy. When we exploit it, it leads to protection of the energy as long as the circulation of the energy for recovering is smaller than the energy, which is necessary to get. This way the energy conservation is also environment protection. RECYCLING IN POLAND In our school • From spring 2009 we recycle waste. • We collect plastic nuts. • We collect dangerous waste and batteries. • In every class we should appoint a cordinator of recycling. • Certain students after lesson take waste especially paper to the container on the first floor. PAPER • • • • • • • • OLD TESTS BROKEN CARDS CARDS BREAKFAST PAPER PAPER BOX CARTOON BOX BRISTOL PARINGS OF WHITE AND COLORFUL PAPER GLASS • GLASS BOTTLES AFTER DRINKS • BROKEN GLASS • EVERY GLASS SCRAP PLASTIC • PLASTIC BOTTLES AFTER DRINKS • BROKEN PLASTIC RULERS AND TRIANGLES • PLASTIC BAG • PLASTIC NUTS CODE OF ETHICS OF MODERN HUMAN SAVE WATER!!! • TURN OFF THE TAP WHEN YOU BRUSH YOUR TEETH • TAKE SHOWER, NOT BATH • CLEAN THE DISHES IN THE SINK, NOT IN UNDER CURRENT WATER • COLLECT RAIN WATER TO WATER GARDEN • SEAL TAPS AND CISTERNS • USE SAFELY PROGRAM IN WASH-MACHINE • TURN ON WASH-MACHINE AFTER IT IS FULL SAVE PAPER ! • COLLECT PAPER • WRITE PAPER BOTH SIDES • USE CLEAN BOX PAPER TO HOME NOTES • WRITE NOTEBOOK TO THE END SAFE ENVIRONMENT !!! • TO THE SHOP YOU SHOULD TAKE FABRIC BAGS FOR MULTIPLE USE • CLEAN AFTER YOURSELF (FOR EXAMPLE ON A PICNIC) • RECYCLE WASTE AT HOME • RESPECT NATURE – PLANTS AND ANIMALS PRO MEMORIAM… • REMEMBER, YOU ARE A PART OF ENVIROMENT, WHERE YOU LIVE • YOU DON’T INHERIT ENVIROMENT FROM PARENTS, BUT YOU BORROW IT FROM YOUR CHILDREN.