REUSE, RECYCLE, REDUCEReuse, Recycle, Reduce
Waste is the name given to everything that we throw away. After waste is collected from your rubbish bin most of it is buried in big holes in the ground called landfill sites.
Landfills produce a toxic liquid called leachate, a mixture of rainwater that filters through the top of the landfill and other liquids in the waste. The liquid mixes with substances such as organic acids (produced from rotting kitchen waste) and other hazardous substances. If not properly managed or collected leachate can make its way into the surrounding groundwater or surface waterways and be harmful to aquatic, plant, animal and human life.
The disposal of waste places an unacceptable amount of pressure on our environment. Natural resources are being turned into waste at an increasing rate. The amount of trees, sand, water and oil we consume to make products are all limited. Land itself is a natural resource and we do not want to spoil it with new landfills.
Australians are the second highest producers of waste, per person, in the world with each of us sending almost 690kgs of waste to landfill each year
Lesson Plans and Activity Sheets
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Put Rubbish Away For Good (420.35kb)
