PLASTIC, WASTE & RECYCLING B E AT I N G WA S T E ON E B O T T L E AT A T I M E GET TO KNOW THE PLASTIKI WE SKY ORANGE JUICE 100% FOR YOU WINTER POWER

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1 BEATING WASTE ONE BOTTLE AT A TIME B E AT I N G WA S T E ON E B O T T L E AT A T I M E GET TO KNOW THE PLASTIKI PLASTIC, WASTE & RECYCLING 100% ORANGE JUICE FOR YOU WINTER POWER MINERAL WATER 100% PLASTIC JUICE WE SKY PLASTIC TOTAL TASTE PLASTIC SUMMER PASSION AL COO PLASTIC

2 COVER ILLUSTRATION BY JONATHAN CALUGI The Plastiki is a boat made from 12,500 reclaimed plastic bottles which set sail in March 2010 crossing the Pacific from San Francisco to Sydney - ON A MISsion TO BEAT WASTE. FIND OUT MORE about the plastiki mission, different types of waste and how we can all recycle, with this fun & informative pack. then share it with YOUR children, family, students or company and inspire them to MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

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5 POLYSTYRENE IS A VERY HAZARDOUS FORM OF PLASTIC AND WHEN IT IS MADE IT POLLUTES THE AIR AND CREATES LARGE AMOUNTS OF LIQUID AND SOLID WASTE An estimated 13 billion plastic bottles are disposed of each year. Plastic Fact-astic COLOUR ME ME IN IN AND AND START GET THINKING LEARNING ABOUT SOME COOL ALL THE FACTS ENERGY ABOUT YOU PLASTIC: COULD SAVE THEN BY PIN RECYCLING IT ON YOUR TRASH! THEN WALL SHARE OR FRIDGE YOUR AND NEW IMPRESS FOUND KNOWLEDGE YOUR FAMILY WITH AND FRIENDS FRIENDS AND WITH FAMILY YOUR AND NEW INSPIRE FACTASTIC THEM TO KNOWLEDGE! BEAT WASTE TOO! THE AVERAGE PLASTIC BAG TAKES 1 SECOND TO MANUFACTURE, IS 20 MINUTES IN USE AND TAKES YEARS TO DEGRADE NATURALLY Each year, Americans throw away around 100 billion plastic bags. Only 0.6 percent of these are recycled! 4% of the oil we extract is turned into plastic ILLUSTRATION BY JONATHAN CALUGI TOXIC CHEMICALS CAN LEACH OUT OF POLYSTYRENE PACKAGING AND INTO THE FOOD THAT THEY CONTAIN (ESPECIALLY WHEN HEATED IN A MICROWAVE) An estimated 56% of all plastics waste is used packaging, three-quarters of which is from households. 25 recycled PET bottles can be used to make an adult s fleece jacket FOR EVERY LITRE OF WATER POURED INTO A BOTTLE ANOTHER 2 LITRES ARE USED IN ITS MANUFACTURE.

6 DRAW, write WRITE and discuss... WHAT PLASTICs DO YOU USE each day? E.g toothbrush and pens etc and how could you avoid using these plastics? In some countries you are charged for plastic bags. this causes around a 90% decline in usage... circle yes or no! Is this a good idea? yes NO write why... would you be happy to pay? yes NO write why... Do you use paper bags? yes NO write why... do you use plastic bags? yes NO write why... do you use re-usable bags? yes NO write why...

7 ONE WORD! PLASTICS WE ARE NOW LITERALLY SWIMMING IN A SEA OF PLASTICS! ALMOST EVERYTHING YOU EAT, WEAR, CARRY, SLEEP AND WASH WITH IS PROBABLY FROM THIS FAMILY OF 7! BUT HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT THOSE FUNNY LITTLE NUMBERS STAND FOR? URRMMM NO! ITS NOT A GAME OF BINGO! THAT S WHY WE HAVE CREATED THIS EASY REFERENCE GUIDE, SO NOW YOU WILL KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO SEPARATE ALL YOUR PLASTICS FOR RECYCLING - LEAVING ONE LESS PLASTIC CONTAINER, BOTTLE OR BAG FLOATING AROUND IN OUR NATURAL WORLD!

8 PLASTICTROSS Albatrosses will fly hundreds, sometimes thousands of miles in search of food for their chicks. They are on the hunt for squid, fish eggs and any other ocean delight that happens to be floating on the surface of the water, however tragically this now also means plastic!! So rather than returning home to serve up a healthy and nutritious meal for their young ones, the Chicks are forced to feast on bottle caps, lighters, fishing lures and many other single use plastics. The Outcome? The chicks starve to death, with stomachs full of plastic. Scientists estimate that around the world, up to one million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals and sea turtles die each year from eating plastic. This can stop today!! REFUSE SINGLE USE PLASTICS! How You can Help Stop using disposable 1 plastics, like plastic bags and water bottles. Carry your own 2 reusable shopping bag and/or water bottle. Try to use products made from recycled 3 materials that have little or no packaging, or packaging that is recyclable. 4 Try to avoid Styrofoam products at all costs bring your own mug to the coffee shop, and a suitable container for leftovers when you eat out. 5 Know which plastics can be recycled in your city and recycle them! 6 Make sure all of the non-recyclable plastics that you use are securely disposed of. 7 Pick up the trash on the street and put it in a trash can, where it belongs! DID YOU KNOW: ALBATROSS ARE OFTEN FOUND WITH OVER 300 PIECES OF PLASTIC INSIDE OF THEM. HOW MANY PLASTIC OBJECTS CAN YOU COUNT INSIDE OF OUR FRIEND PLASTICTROSS?

9 IT IS ESTIM ATED THA ONLY 7% OF PLAST T IC WASTE IS CURRENT LY BEING RE CYCLED COLOUR ME IN AND START THINKING ABOUT ALL THE ENERGY YOU COULD SAVE BY RECYCLING YOUR TRASH: THEN SHARE YOUR NEW FOUND KNOWLEDGE WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND INSPIRE THEM TO BEAT WASTE TOO! 25% OF HOUSEHOL D WASTE IS PACKAGING Glass that is thrown away and ends up in landfills will never decompose GLASS IS 10 RECYCLABL 0% EA CAN BE USE ND D AGAIN AND AGAIN Up to 60% of the rubbish that ends up in the dustbin could be recycled IT TAKES 24KE A TREES TO MF 1 TON O R. NEWSPAPE IF ALL CANS IN THE UK WERE RECYCLED, WE WOULD NEED 14 MILLION FEWER DUSTBINS 1 recycled plas bottle would sa tic ve enough energy to power a 60-watt light bulb for 3 hours 1 recycled tin can could save enough energy to power a TV for 3 hours 36,000,000 WORTH OF ALUMINIUM IS THROWN AWAY EACH YEAR ILLUSTRATION BY JONATHAN CALUGI 1 recycled uld glass bottle wo nergy save enough e puter to power a com for 25 minutes. WHAT ITEMS DO YOU AND YOUR FAMIL Y RECYCLE? HOW COULD YOU TRY AND RECYC LE MORE? WHAT PLAS TIC ITEMS D O YOU OFTEN THROW AWA Y? COULD YOU RE-USE ANY OF THESE A ND HOW?

10 PLASTIC BOTTLES PAPER CANS GLASS ILLUSTRATION BY JONATHAN CALUGI

11 CUT ME OUT AND PUT ON YOUR WALL AND SHARE ME WITH THE WORLD. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JAKE GREEN, SET DESIGN BY HATTIE NEWMAN

12 recycling Recycling quiz TEST YOUR RECYCLING KNOWLEDGE AND SEE SEE WHAT YOU CAN DISCOVER ABOUT THE ITEMS WE WE REGULARLY THROW IN IN THE THE TRASH:. 5 WHAT NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCE IS PLASTIC MADE FROM? 6 NAME ONE WAY OF RE-USING OUTGROWN CLOTHING 1 NAME THE FOUR R S IN WASTE REDUCTION 3 WHY SHOULD WE TRY AND BUY RECYCLED GOODS? 100% ORANGE NGE JUICE ICE FOR R YOU YOU 4 THAT COULD GO INTO A COMPOST CONTAINER 2 NAME THREE THINGS THAT CAN BE RECYCLED 7 NAME TWO PROBLEMS CAUSED BY BURYING RUBBISH IN HOLES IN THE GROUND 8 WHAT COULD YOU USE INSTEAD OF DISPOSABLE BATTERIES? 9 NAME TWO THINGS YOU CAN BUY WHICH ARE MADE FROM RECYCLED MATERIALS 10 NAME ONE THING MADE FROM RECYCLED NEWSPAPERS (answers: 1. Reduce, Reuse, Recylcle, Refuse. 2. Plastic bottles, Tin cans, Clothing, Newspaper, etc. 3. So we do not waste energy and resources in making new items when good ones already exist And so that less waste goes into landfills. 4. Vegetable and fruit peelings, tea bags, coffee grounds, egg shells, dead flowers, grass mowings vacuum cleaner waste, torn paper and cardboard in small quantities. 5. petroleum 6. Charity shops. Jumble sales. Friends and relations with younger families. Cleaning rags. 7. New newspapers. Cardboard. Housing insulation. 8. Rechargeable batteries. Also solar power for calculators, radios and dynamos for cycle lights. 9. The countryside disappears; harmful chemicals leach into the soil. Methane is given off, which cannot always be used for fuel. 10. Stationery, tissues, toilet paper, furniture etc.) ILLUSTRATION BY JONATHAN CALUGI

13 MAKE YOUR OWN plastiki STICkERS for all to see

14 NOW YOU CAN USE YOUR NEW PLASTIC FACT-TASTIC KNOWLEDGE TO GET OUT THERE AND BEAT WASTE.