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Hello Students! Last month we began a series of lessons about waste reduction. Waste is the garbage we produce at home, when we are out and about, or when we are at school. The average American generates 4.3 pounds of waste every day. We make more garbage per capita (per person) than the average person in any other country in the world! This waste fills our landfills and sometimes litters the land around us, the rivers and even our oceans.
Hello Students! Last month we began a series of lessons about waste reduction. Waste is the garbage we produce at home, when we are out and about, or when we are at school. The average American generates 4.3 pounds of waste every day. We make more garbage per capita (per person) than the average person in any other country in the world! This waste fills our landfills and sometimes litters the land around us, the rivers and even our oceans.
There is hope! We can help by remembering and acting upon the 6 R's! Reduce, Refuse, Reuse, Repurpose, Recycle and Rot (compost)!
There is hope! We can help by remembering and acting upon the 6 R's! Reduce, Refuse, Reuse, Repurpose, Recycle and Rot (compost)!
Many of us learned how to sort our waste at school. For years, Ms. Maria, our school RISE Coordinator, helped us properly place our lunch waste into one of 4 bins: paper, rigid containers (plastic, glass, and metal), compost, and finally trash. Our efforts helped minimize the amount of waste in our landfill, just 15 minutes away from where we live!
Many of us learned how to sort our waste at school. For years, Ms. Maria, our school RISE Coordinator, helped us properly place our lunch waste into one of 4 bins: paper, rigid containers (plastic, glass, and metal), compost, and finally trash. Our efforts helped minimize the amount of waste in our landfill, just 15 minutes away from where we live!
Though we are not at school, we can still sort our trash and help the environment. Watch this video (YouTube) by Corbin D-H, a Davis student to learn how to reduce waste by sorting garbage at home!
Though we are not at school, we can still sort our trash and help the environment. Watch this video (YouTube) by Corbin D-H, a Davis student to learn how to reduce waste by sorting garbage at home!
After you complete this lesson, take a short quiz to see how much you learned!
After you complete this lesson, take a short quiz to see how much you learned!
Help Professor Davis Green sort garbage into the correct containers!
Why Sort?
Why Sort?
Check out this timeline made by the city of Tucson, Arizona. Sorting our waste can significantly reduce the amount of waste that goes into our landfills!
Check out this timeline made by the city of Tucson, Arizona. Sorting our waste can significantly reduce the amount of waste that goes into our landfills!
The above image is from the tucsonaz.gov website: https://www.tucsonaz.gov/files/es/TTT_Complete_Aug2013.pdf
Can you spot your waste below?
Can you spot your waste below?
Yolo County Landfill - This is where our trash goes.
Yolo County Landfill - This is where our trash goes.
photo by Fred Gladdis from the Davis Enterprise
photo by Fred Gladdis from the Davis Enterprise
Paper
Rigid Containers
Glass, plastic, aluminum
Organics
Trash
image credit: City of Davis
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