Reduce 3R Objectives: Describe ways their actions can reduce garbage (individually and as a group) Identify items that can be reused, recycled and composted Understand that the 3R s are a hierarchy (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Compost) Our Second Garbage Monster Intro: This activity should be completed following completion of Our First Class/School Garbage Monster and 3R Hierarchy waste reduction lessons and activities. Materials: Garbage Monster large piece of paper glue and/or tape poster marker scissors Garbage Collection student handout Waste Collection # class worksheet Summary: Our Second Garbage Monster completed Summary: Our First Garbage Monster rubber reusable gloves and/ or tongs sorting station (e.g. bags, wire racks and liners, plastic totes or other sorting system) tarp scale (optional) Activity: 1. Review data and notes made about your First Garbage Monster. 2. Have students repeat waste collection exercise from the designated areas. 3. Sort and measure the waste into categories and complete the student handout Our Second Waste Collection. 4. Combine the results and complete the class worksheet Summary: Our Second and Mindful Garbage Monster 5. On a large piece of paper, outline your garbage monster. 6. Glue all the waste inside the outline and cut out the monster shape. 19
Reduce Activity 7. Discuss the results monster: Did efforts result in waste reduction? What is the main material in the garbage monster now? Did it change? What worked? What didn t? Do you have any suggestions to improve the project? Conclusion/ Discussion Display the two garbage monsters side by side to highlight the difference made following waste-reduction efforts. Celebrate your efforts and accomplishments, but don t let the good work end here. Why not set a new waste reduction goal and see if you can make that monster even smaller. 20
Garbage Monster Date: Name(s): Student Waste Collection # How much? (weight or number of items) Did it come from home or school? Could it be recycled or composted? plastic paper metal kitchen scraps (compostable) glass polycoat Garbage
Garbage Monster Date: Names: Student Waste Collection # 1. We collected garbage from: 2. Do you think you will have: Something that surprised us was A question we have is... We predict that Remember: The 3R s and C are a hierarchy. REDUCE is the most important R is because it is preventative and does not need resources to do it. The easiest product to manage is the one that is never produced. Garbage, recycling and composting all have a Greenhouse Gas (GHG) impact.
3. Fill in the chart below: Items Weight or quantity Where was it from? Could the item be...? Where could it be recycled or composted? plastic paper glass metal kitchen scrap (food waste) polycoat (juice box or milk carton) other school home reduced (avoided) reused recycled composted home school depot nowhere
Garbage Monster Summary: Our Second Garbage Monster This is our second garbage monster, (name) who is made of our waste collected (location) on (date). Attendance that day was. 1. Our second Garbage Monster is made up of: Common Item(s) TOTAL Weight/ Mostly from home or school? Could it be reduced, reused, recycled, composted? Where? plastic paper glass metal kitchen scraps polycoat garbage other
2. The average amount of waste we each made was (C). Compared to our first Garbage Monster, this is (lower, higher, the same). or Waste Type (recyclable, compostable, garbage) E: Weight or F: Garbage Monster s Total Weight or G: Waste Composition Percentage (E/F x 0=G) First Garbage Monster: Average amount of waste per person TOTAL: (A) (B) (C) 4. Label the garbage bin with the waste composition percentage (%) of each material in our garbage monster. Did you know? 0% The CRD conducts Solid Waste Stream Composition Studies every five years. Discover how much of what we throw away could have been recycled or composted: https://www.crd.bc.ca/service/waste-recycling/solid-waste-management
5. On average, we each made (E) of waste. or Waste Type (recyclable, compostable, garbage) A: Weight/ D: Attendance (#) C: 2nd Garbage Monster: Average amount of waste made per person ( A/D=E) 1st Garbage Monster: Average amount of waste per person TOTAL: (A) (D) (E) Future Mindful Garbage Monster 6. If we continue these mindful waste habits, this school year our garbage monster will be (G). or A: Material Weight/ F: School Days in a Year G: Our Garbage Monster after one year Waste Type (recyclable, compostable, garbage) (#) (A x F= G) TOTAL: (A) (F) (G)
Garbage Monster Summary: Our waste reduction goal and plans 1. During the waste collection, we observed... 2. Our goal was... 3. We predicted that we could acheive the goal by... Reflection What worked? What didn t work? What s next?