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WEBQUEST: GARBAGE



1. Visit the website listed above.

The answers to questions #2 and #3 can be found in the “Introduction”.

2. How much solid waste does the average American produce per day?

3. Define “sustainable practices”.

Continue to “Solid Waste”

4. How much of our “trash” gets recycled on a daily basis?

5. What percent of landfill waste could be reused or recycled?

6. How would this benefit us?

7. What is a harmful effect of burning our trash?

Continue on to “Find out possible solutions”

8. Name 2 ways we can reduce waste.

a.

b.

9. List 2 common recycling programs in many U.S. cities.

a.

b.

Click on the “Hazardous Waste” link at the top left-hand side of the page

Click the picture of the trashcan to “Test your knowledge about Hazardous Waste in your Home”

Read through the directions. Make a decision for each picture and then click “How did I do”

10. List your results below:

Click “Back to Global Efforts”

Click on the link at the top of the page that says “Try Shrinking a Landfill”

Read through the directions and complete the activity

18. What percentage did you reduce waste by?

19. What was your total budget spent?

Click “Back to Global Efforts”

Click on “The Future” on the top left-hand side of the page

20. ______________and ___________ of resources can affect the health of our children and availability of raw materials.

Click on “Related Resources”

21. Visit one website and list the website here __________________________________

22. List 2 facts you learned from visiting the website.

a.

b.

Go back to related resources

21. Visit another website and list the website here __________________________________

22. List 2 facts you learned from visiting the website.

a.

b.

Recycling WebQuest

 

Introduction:

Recycling is the collection of used materials that would otherwise be waste to be broken down and remade into new products. Reuse is collecting waste such as food and drink containers to be cleaned, refilled and resold.

Motivations for recycling include environmental sustainability and business economics: sustainability because the reused material both prevents waste and reduces the consumption of new raw materials, and economics because it can be cheaper to produce new products from reused or recycled materials. An extensive variety of waste is recyclable, and commonly recycled materials include glass, paper, aluminum, asphalt, and steel. These materials can be derived either from pre-consumer waste (materials used in manufacturing) or post-consumer waste (materials discarded by the consumer).

Task 1: The History of Recycling

|Use this |

|webpage to answer the following questions. |

1. What two things cause recycling to peak?

 

2. Recycling aluminum saves what percent of the energy needed to produce it from raw materials?

 

 

Task 2: Resin Identification Codes

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|webpage to answer the following questions. |

1. At the moment, what are the only three types of plastics that are economically viable to recycle?

 

2. What type of plastic cannot be remelted, but only crushed and used as insulation?

 

3. Why can't different types of plastics be mixed together when recycling?

 

4. What is the name of the polymer used in soft drink bottles?

 

5. What is the name of the polymer used in grocery bags?

 

6. What is the name of the polymer used in non-food bottles?

 

Task 3: Recycling of PET Bottles

|Use this |

|webpage to answer the following questions. |

1. PET plastics are coded with what number?

 

2. Where is the recycle code found on the container?

 

3. What post-consumer color fraction costs the most?

 

4. What post-consumer color fraction is the least valuable?

 

5. After processing, what are pure PET fragments called?

 

6. Worldwide, approximately how many tons of PET are collected each year?

 

Task 4: Waste Management

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|webpage to answer the following questions. |

1. What are the "3 Rs" of waste management?

 

2. What is "source reduction"

 

3. What is "extended producer responsibility?

 

4. What is the most traditional method of waste disposal?

 

5. Compaction, shearing, and grinding are examples of what waste management technique?

 

6. What waste management technique is used in "biomass" power stations?

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