Make sure your parent or carer has given you permission first. They may want to supervise you doing this. Using a pair of gloves (to protect your hands from dirt or anything sharp):

• Take a photo using your phone and email it to your HWB account.

• Create a new Google Slides file:

1. Add a title 'How much waste does my household create?'

2. Before you put a bag of rubbish outside, take a quick look inside and:

   • Write a short list of all the rubbish. Add internet search images of the items (not a photo of the actual rubbish itself). What is each item? What is it made from? You could label your image with this information.

   • Count the number of items that are made from plastic. Count the number of items that are made from more than one material. Write this information down.

   • Count how many rubbish bags/items you have put out for recycling this week. Write this as a sentence; e.g. "In my house we created 4 bags of recycling this week". 

• Add another slide:

1. Explain in a paragraph, what you think happens to these items after the council has picked them up?

2. Write a summary of your thoughts about the impact do you think your family (and others) have upon the environment?