Trash is Beautiful

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Trash is Beautiful

• Presented by Nadeem GhaziWorld Learning Grammar
  School, Pakistan

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Summary Slide

• What is Trash?

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What is Trash

• Every day people get rid of billions of tons of
  trash.  The garbage mainly comes from industry,
  but it also comes from homes, apartments,
  schools, etc.
• The 3 Rs
• Reducing
• Refusing
• Recycling

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WHY WE NEED 3 Rs

• Save Space
• Save Natural Resources
• Save Energy
• Reduce Pollution

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Same Major Facts

• Americans throw away 65 million plastic and metal
  jar and can covers, 27 billion glass jars and
  bottles, and 50 billion drink and food cans.
• Did you know that 195 million tons of garbage
  gets tossed out each year by Americans? Thats
  enough to fill 108,000 garbage trucks
• Experts report that the average amount of
  newspapers Americans buy each day is about 65
  million copies, and they throw away about 44
  million newspapers a week. In other words, they
  get rid of what would equal 500,000 trees every
  single week.
• About 85 of it is taken to landfills or dumps.
  Once the garbage is in a dump or landfill, some
  products can take between 100 to 400 years to
  decompose, such as aluminum and cloth. Glass
  never breaks down and has been discovered in
  perfect shape after 4,000 years!  

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Fact Or Imagination?

• We can save 15 trees by recycling 1 ton of
  newspapers
• Do you know which countries recycle the greatest
  amount of paper each year on the average for each
  1,000 citizens?
• 1 Sweden-186 tons 2 Austria-182 tons 3
  Switzerland-179 tons4 Germany-176 tons5
  Netherlands-162 tons

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EXAMPLES
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GROUP ACTIVITY