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Recycling is the process of:
Buying new things
Taking old or unwanted products and using the materials to make new things.
Putting unwanted products in landfill.
Burning unwanted products.
Select some benefits of recycling:
Uses fewer limited resources.
Uses less energy.
Difficult to separate components of some materials.
Makes less rubbish, which ends up in landfill sites.
Recycling could help to prevent further increases in greenhouse gas level.
True
False
It is important to recycle aluminium because it uses less energy to recycle aluminium than to mine and extract aluminium from aluminium ore.
True
False
What are the benefits of recycling?
Increases carbon dioxide emissions and keeps the planet warm so we are not as cold Mars
Reduces the amount of waste sent to landfills and incinerators, Conserves natural resources, Prevents pollution by reducing the need to collect new raw materials, Saves energy.
Wind farms become more economical and mining companies need to give more money to the poor.
Cars can go faster on recycled petrol
Which is not going to help reduce out carbon footprint?
eating local food
recycling
driving to school
planting trees
Which things can you recycle?
cans
bottles
glass
food
The total set of carbon emissions caused by an individual.
carbon cycle
carbon handprint
carbon footprint
carbon summary
Why should you be concerned with the size of your carbon footprint?
Sometimes its hard to find shoes that are the right size.
If we don't decrease greenhouse gas emissions Earth will continue to cool.
Greenhouse gases are becoming scarce in Earth's atmosphere.
Increases in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are contributing to global climate change.
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