Waste Management:
We humans create such a lot of rubbish! Each household in Britain produces about 1 tone of rubbish every year! Most of this is taken away by dustmen and buried in enormous landfill sites or burned in incinerators - both of these actions can be dangerous for the environment. Is all our rubbish really rubbish? If you think about it, much of what we throw away could be used again. It makes sense to recycle and not just to solve the problem of where to put the rubbish.
Much of our waste is made up of glass, metal, plastic and paper. Our natural resources such as trees, oil, coal and aluminum are used up in enormous amounts to make these products and the resources will one day be completely used up. We must cut down on energy use.Ideas to Help: Sort out your rubbish. Organic matter e.g. potato peelings, left over food, tea leaves etc. can be transferred straight to a compost heap in the garde and used as a good, natural fertilizer for the plants. Aluminium cans, glass bottles and newspapers etc. can be taken to bottle and can banks and wastepaper skips. Find out where they are by asking your local council or library.
1. Use recycled paper to help save trees. Everyone in Britain uses about 6 trees worth of paper every year.
2. Chlorine bleach is usually used to make newspapers and this pollutes rivers. It’s better to use unbleached, recycled paper whenever you can.
3. Take your old clothes to charity shops. Some are sold, others are returned to textile mills for recycling.
4. Try to avoid buying plastic. It's hard to recycle. One way to cut down on plastic is to refuse to use carrier bags offered by supermarkets and use strong, long lasting shopping bags instead, or re-use plastic bags over and over again, until they wear out.
5. Don't buy over-packed goods. Many things we buy have unnecessary amounts of plastic and paper around them.
Pollution Management:
The air, water and soil of habitats all over the world have been, and are still being, polluted in many different ways. This pollution affects the health of living things. Air is damaged by car and lorry fumes, and power stations create acid rain which destroys entire forests and lakes. When fossil fuels i.e. oil, gas and coal are burned to provide energy for lighting, cooking etc. they form polluting gases.Oils spills pollute sea water and kill marine life; chemical waste from factories and sewage works, and artificial fertilizers from farm land, pollute river water, killing wildlife and spreading disease.The careless or deliberate dumping of litter in the environment is not only unsightly but dangerous too.
Ideas to Help
1. Use less energy by switching off lights when rooms are not in use, not wasting hot water, not over heating rooms and not boiling more water than necessary when making a cup of tea!
2. Use a bicycle or walk instead of using a car for short trips.
3. If you spot pollution, such as oil on the beach, report it to the local council. If you suspect a stream is polluted, report it to the local Environmental Health Officer.
4. If you use chlorine-based bleach or detergents containing phosphates you are contributing to water pollution. Try to buy 'environmentally-friendly' products.
We humans create such a lot of rubbish! Each household in Britain produces about 1 tone of rubbish every year! Most of this is taken away by dustmen and buried in enormous landfill sites or burned in incinerators - both of these actions can be dangerous for the environment. Is all our rubbish really rubbish? If you think about it, much of what we throw away could be used again. It makes sense to recycle and not just to solve the problem of where to put the rubbish.
Much of our waste is made up of glass, metal, plastic and paper. Our natural resources such as trees, oil, coal and aluminum are used up in enormous amounts to make these products and the resources will one day be completely used up. We must cut down on energy use.Ideas to Help: Sort out your rubbish. Organic matter e.g. potato peelings, left over food, tea leaves etc. can be transferred straight to a compost heap in the garde and used as a good, natural fertilizer for the plants. Aluminium cans, glass bottles and newspapers etc. can be taken to bottle and can banks and wastepaper skips. Find out where they are by asking your local council or library.
1. Use recycled paper to help save trees. Everyone in Britain uses about 6 trees worth of paper every year.
2. Chlorine bleach is usually used to make newspapers and this pollutes rivers. It’s better to use unbleached, recycled paper whenever you can.
3. Take your old clothes to charity shops. Some are sold, others are returned to textile mills for recycling.
4. Try to avoid buying plastic. It's hard to recycle. One way to cut down on plastic is to refuse to use carrier bags offered by supermarkets and use strong, long lasting shopping bags instead, or re-use plastic bags over and over again, until they wear out.
5. Don't buy over-packed goods. Many things we buy have unnecessary amounts of plastic and paper around them.
Pollution Management:
The air, water and soil of habitats all over the world have been, and are still being, polluted in many different ways. This pollution affects the health of living things. Air is damaged by car and lorry fumes, and power stations create acid rain which destroys entire forests and lakes. When fossil fuels i.e. oil, gas and coal are burned to provide energy for lighting, cooking etc. they form polluting gases.Oils spills pollute sea water and kill marine life; chemical waste from factories and sewage works, and artificial fertilizers from farm land, pollute river water, killing wildlife and spreading disease.The careless or deliberate dumping of litter in the environment is not only unsightly but dangerous too.
Ideas to Help
1. Use less energy by switching off lights when rooms are not in use, not wasting hot water, not over heating rooms and not boiling more water than necessary when making a cup of tea!
2. Use a bicycle or walk instead of using a car for short trips.
3. If you spot pollution, such as oil on the beach, report it to the local council. If you suspect a stream is polluted, report it to the local Environmental Health Officer.
4. If you use chlorine-based bleach or detergents containing phosphates you are contributing to water pollution. Try to buy 'environmentally-friendly' products.
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