EL Civics COAAP 43/Environment Level: Beginning Low-Beginning High Task #1: Identify & Sort Recyclables Language & Literacy Objectives: Identify and describe environmental problems. INTRODUCTION In this lesson, students will learn how to identify which waste items are accepted by the Curbside Recycling program in the City of Fremont. They will get practice sorting common household waste items into various categories. PRACTICE TASK 1 Given pictures of 9 common waste items, students will write the correct word- Recycling Waste, Organic Waste, Trash, or Household Hazardous Waste under each picture. See Task 1 Practice BL-BH on ELC Environment Web Page. SUGGESTED CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES Bring in common household items (or have students bring them in). Set up tables and have students work in small groups to sort items into recyclable, nonrecyclable (trash) or household hazardous waste. Alternative: Cards w/pictures of items. To spark and enhance discussion, use PowerPoint slideshow with different household items and disposal options for Fremont located on Environment ELC web page Task 1 Practice: Grey Cart, Green Cart, Blue Cart, or Household Hazardous Waste.
HANDOUTS PROVIDED Handout 1: Vocabulary Identify & Sort Recyclables Handout 2: Conversation Questions Environment: Recycling Handout 3: Introduction: What is Waste? Handout 4: Introduction: Where Does Waste Go? Handouts: What Can Be Recycled in Fremont? Practice Task 1: Identify Recyclables
Task 1 Practice BL-BH Handout #1 VOCABULARY: IDENTIFY & SORT RECYCLABLES Adapted from Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online (www.ldoceonline.com) waste (n.): Unwanted materials or substances after you have used something. waste disposal: Getting rid of unwanted materials or substances. trash (also: garbage, refuse, rubbish): Things that you throw away, such as disposable diapers or food that has gone bad. household hazardous waste: Common household chemicals and substances you don t use anymore (e.g. paint). They are dangerous and cannot be thrown away. They must be taken to a HHW center. landfill (n.): Place where waste is buried under the ground. reduce: Use less ; create less waste. reuse: Use an item more than one time (e.g. shopping bag or water bottle). recycle: Turn an item into another useful item. curbside recycling: Recycling that is picked up at your home (in bins). sort (v.): To organize items into particular groups, e.g. paper, plastic, or glass. paper: For recycling, includes letters, cards, newspapers, magazines, cardboard. plastic: For recycling, includes water bottles, milk jugs, food packaging. glass: For recycling, includes jars and bottles of any color. recycling center: A place where recyclables are collected, sorted and process
TASK 1 Practice BL-BH Handout #2 CONVERSATION QUESTIONS ENVIRONMENT: RECYCLING Adapted from http://iteslj.org/questions/environment.html (Conversations for the ESL Classroom, I-TESL-J) 1. What are some things that can be recycled? 2. What can be reused? 3. What waste can be reduced? 4. Do you recycle? Curbside or at a recycling center? 5. What are some things that YOU reduce? Recycle? Reuse? 6. Do you think everyone should reduce, reuse and recycle?
TASK 1 Practice BL-BH Handout #3 INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS WASTE? WASTE is unwanted materials or substances that are left after you have used something. There are three main types of waste: TRASH Things you throw away. For example, disposable diapers cannot be recycled or reused. RECYCLABLES Items that can be made into something else that is usable like bottles and cans. HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE Items you don t want. Many have dangerous chemicals in them. You can t throw them away or recycle them like paint.
TASK 1 Practice BL-BH Handout #4 INTRODUCTION: WHERE DOES WASTE GO? It is always best to prevent waste if at all possible. If you must create waste, these are the options for disposal: LANDFILL A place where waste is buried under the ground. HAZARDOUS WASTE CENTER A place to take unwanted items with chemicals, etc. Examples include paint, batteries, computers and TVs. RECYCLING Recycling is picked up at your home.
TASK 1 PRACTICE BL-BH HANDOUTS- Recycling Waste, Organic Waste, Trash, and Household Hazardous Waste WHAT IS RECYCLING WASTE IN FREMONT? GLASS Bottles & jars of any color Aluminum, tin & metal cans METAL Newspaper, white paper, colored paper Catalogs, magazines, junk mail, envelopes Computer paper, bundled plastic bags PAPER Cereal boxes, egg cartons, food boxes, Cardboard- Must be flattened Soda bottles Plastic milk jugs, margarine containers Shampoo bottles PLASTIC Clean plastic chemical bottles Plastic containers #1-7
WHAT IS ORGANIC WASTE IN FREMONT? Grass, weeds, leaves, small branches, YARD TRIMMINGs FRUIT and VEGETABLE SCRAPS Fruit and vegetable peels, fruit, and vegetables EGG and DAIRY SCRAPS Egg and cheese scraps MEAT, BONES, and SEAFOOD SCRAPS Meat, chicken, bones, and seafood scraps
COFFEE GRINDS and TEA BAGS Coffee grinds, coffee filters, and tea bags BREAD SCRAPS and PIZZA BOXES Bread scraps and pizza boxes
WHAT IS TRASH IN FREMONT? STYROFOAM PACKAGING LIGHT BULBS EMPTY JUICE PACKS POTATO CHIP, TORTILLA CHIP, and PRETZEL BAGS DIAPERS
WHAT IS HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE IN FREMONT? PAINT BATTERIES MOTOR OIL PESTICIDES
TASK 1 PRACTICE BL-BH PRACTICE: IDENTIFY RECYCLABLES Directions: Where do the items go? Write the names of the items in the chart. The first one is done for you. Bananas Paint Glass Bottles Meat Bones Grass Egg Shells
TASK 1 PRACTICE BL-BH Recycling Waste Organic Waste Household Hazardous Waste Bananas