IES Comarcal

Burjassot - Spain

Aisha Aguilar

Dani Alvariño

Elena González

Noelia Risueño

Miguel Román

Antoni Solera

Paula Vicente

Let’s know, let’s love and

let’s protect our environmentCOMENIUS 2013-2015

Burjassot, November 2014

WASTE

Index

1. What is waste?

2. What waste do we generate in our daily lives?

3. What problems does waste generate?

4. What to do to reduce the problem we have with waste?

5. The 3R’s

6. Containers and packaging

7. Carton containers

8. What to do when they´re empty

9. What to do with leftover Cartons

10.Video

What is waste?

Waste is any object or product whose owner

threw away.

What waste do we

generate in our daily

lives?

Organic waste Metal

Plastic Paper

Waste generation from economic activity and households,

EU-28, 2010

Waste generation, excluding major mineral wastes, 2004

and 2010 (kg per inhabitant)

What problems does

waste generate?

Processing of the waste insufficiently is really

bad for the environment and for our health.

What can we do to reduce

the problems with waste?

THE 3 R’s

RE-USEREDUCE RECYCLE

The 3 R’s: Reduce, Re-use,

Recycle

REDUCE Reduce the amount of waste

Only buy what is necessary

Do not use

plastic

bags.

Use long

life bags

RE-USE Use an item again after it has already

been used

Re-use all the material

you are able to.

Leave clothes

that you don’t

want in this bin.

RECYCLE Changing waste materials into new

products

Separate the waste and put

them into these bins to

recycle them

Create new products

with the waste

Containers and packaging

A container is a product that can be

manufactured using a wide range of

materials and used to contain, protect,

distribute.

A package is something that is

bought covered in paper, cardboard

or laminated sheets, for example.

Carton containers

Tetra Briks are used

for packaging liquids.

Materials: A 1 liter carton is

made of 20 grams of paper,

polyethylene 5,7 grs 1,5grs

aluminum.

What to do with them

when they´re empty

Packages can be

thrown into yellow

containers.

We can make

hand-made

products instead.

Packaging Birdhouses Hand bags

WHAT TO DO WITH

LEFTOVER CARTONS

Make a beautiful wallet: