� The amount ofwaste paper buriedeach year would fill103,448 double deckerbuses.

� Every day 80 million fo

od and

drink cans end up in lan

dfill.

� 17 billion plastic bagsare given away bysupermarkets eachyear. That's 290 perperson. These cantake up to 400 yearsto break down!

Waste Facts for the uk

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same as 1077

banana skins.

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ACROSS4. I am a coloured glass but I am not green.5. Steel, tin, copper, nickel and aluminium are kinds of…6. Make sure you write on both sides of me.7. I am magnetic.10. I smash when put into the recycling bank.12. I am made from oil and I should be recycled whenever

possible.14. Our surroundings.17. Wash out cans before you recycle them or they will…19. The lightest cans are made of me.20. Boxes are made of me.

DOWN1. Recycle food scraps in your garden on this pile.2. R… collectors, they collect your rubbish.3. Another word for rubbish.8. When these fall in autumn, compost them.9. Thin aluminium sheet often used in the kitchen.10. Colour often used to describe being environmentally

friendly.11. Where recycling shouldn't end up.13. After reading us, make us into paper (see page inside).15. I am really made of steel but I am called this.16. After preparing vegetables recycle these.18. This glass has no colour.

See www.wasteaware.org.uk for answers!

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To find out more……you can contact WasteAwareon 0300 1234 051 or go to yourlocal council.alternatively you can visitwww.wasteaware.org.ukwww.recyclenow.org.ukwww.recyclezone.org.ukwww.olliesworld.com

Hertfordshire WasteAware Wasteand Recycling Leaflet: KS1/2April 2010 Printed on recycled paperThis leaflet is produced by WasteAwarea partnership of all authorities in Hertfordshire

Everybody makes rubbish! Each week the average family in the

UK gets through four glass bottles or jars, 13 cans, three plastic

bottles and five kilograms of paper. That means that every day, a total of about

8,000 tonnes of rubbish is thrown away by families in England andWales - that

amount of rubbish is the same weight as 1,600 African elephants!

Reduce, Re-useRecycle andRecover!

Reduce

� Is it necessary toprint everything

you do in the I.T. room

out onto paper?And if so, could

it be printed double

sided?

� If your school has a lot of food w

aste, could this be

because peopleare being given

portions that aretoo big

or (perhaps more likely) that the

y are being giventhings

that they don't want to eat? If thi

s is the case, getyour

headteacher orschool council to

talk to the people

who provide thefood to the scho

ol.

� If you take yourown lunch to sc

hool, aim for

'waste-free lunches'. Use reusab

le bottles or flasks for

drinks instead of individual carto

ns or cans and reusable

airtight boxes for snacks and pac

ked lunches instead of

disposable wrappers. And perha

ps most importantly,

don't take morefood than you c

an eat!

� Buy snacks withless packaging o

n them, for

Re-use

� Buy aflask or reu

sable drinks bot

tle. Fill itwith wa

ter

and takeit to sch

ool eachday. Don

't forgetto clean

it thoroughly bef

ore using it agai

n the next day.

� Hold a ‘Bring an

d Buy’ sale to ra

ise money for yo

ur

school (or for an

other good caus

e) to which peop

le

can bring old clo

thes, toys or boo

ks for someone

else to buy and r

e-use.

� Encourage the s

chool touse rech

argeablebatterie

s

and refillable pr

inter cartridges.

� Encourage the s

chool and your '

After School Clu

b'

to join and use a

local 'scrap stor

e' for materials.

� Alwaysuse both

sides ofa piece

of paper before

you

recycle it or thro

w it away.Make sure

that every

The waste pyramid encourages us to thinkabout how to manage our wasteReduce means cut the amount of stuff you buy in thefirst place so you have less to throw away

Re-use means using things again

Recycle means using old things to make new things

Recover means producing energy like electricity from waste

Landfill - The last resort. We are running out of landfill space

At school: What canyou do?

Reduce

� Is it necessary toprint everything

you do in the I.T. room

out onto paper?And if so, could

it be printed double

sided?

� If your school has a lot of food w

aste, could this be

because peopleare being given

portions that aretoo big

or that they arebeing given thin

gs that they don't want

to eat? If this isthe case, get yo

ur headteacheror

school council totalk to the peop

le who provide the

food to the school.

� If you take yourown lunch to sc

hool, aim for

waste-free lunches. Use reusable

bottles or flasksfor

drinks instead of individual carto

ns or cans and reusable

airtight boxes for snacks and pac

ked lunches instead of

disposable wrappers. And perha

ps most importantly,

don't take morefood than you c

an eat!

� Buy snacks withless packaging o

n them, for example,

an apple insteadof a packet of cr

isps.

Now thinkabout whatyou can do at

home…

The four Rs Activity

Shred or rip the newspaper intobits and soak it in warm water(overnight if possible - thelonger the better)

When the soaked paper is soft,mash with a potato masheruntil it's really mushy.

Put the paper pulp into theshallow tray and add morewater. The tray should be halffull of water.

Mix the pulp so that it's evenlyspread

Spread the pulp evenly overthe mesh using your hands

Carefully lift out the mesh andplace on some spare newspaperto drain.

Place another piece ofnewspaper on top of the pulp,and carefully turn the wholething over so that the mesh isnow on top of the pulp andfacing you. Leave both sectionsof newspaper in place.

Now place your piece of woodor book onto the newspaperand push it down to squeezeout the water.

Leave to dry for a least 3 hoursor longer, depending on thethickness of the paper.

Making recycled paper (You may need anadult to help with this activity)

You will need: 1. Newspaper 2. Bucket of water 3. Potato masher 4. Tray or flat baking pan5. Mesh (chicken wire or netting) 6. Large book or piece of wood

Recycle� Not surprisingly, the main material thrown away by

schools is paper, which makes up at least a quarter

of the waste produced by schools. Contact the

recycling officer at your local council to see if they

can provide your school with a paper recycling bin.

Then, set up a system of paper collection from each

classroom which can be taken to the main recycling

bin at the end of each day or week.� Set up a composting scheme or a worm composter

for food & green waste, including all the teachers’

tea bags and your own fruit scraps. Again your local

council's recycling officer may be able to help here.

In some cases, compost bins can be provided to

schools free of charge.� Encourage your school to buy and use recycled

paper and other recycled things.

Place the piece of mesh in thetray. The paper pulp shouldfloat up above the mesh.

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Eight

NineRe-use

� Buy a flask or reu

sable drinks bot

tle. Fill itwith wa

ter

and takeit to sch

ool eachday. Don

't forgetto clean

it thoroughly bef

ore using it agai

n the next day.

� Hold a bring and

buy saleto raise

money for your

school (or for an

other good caus

e) to which peop

le

can bring unwan

ted clothes, toys

or books for

someone else to

buy andre-use.

� Encourage the s

chool touse rech

argeablebatterie

s

and refillable pr

inter cartridges.

� Encourage the s

chool and your A

rt class to join an

d

use a local scrap

store for materi

als.

� Alwaysuse both

sides ofa piece

of paper before

you

recycle it or thro

w it away.Make sure

that every

classroom has a sc

rap paper tray.

Things Ican do