Agenda Introduction: hello who we are/why we are doing this project we are so excited to be working with this amazing

ing school What is recycling: who can tell me what recycling is? who can give an example of how you recycle at home? who can tell me why is recycling important? ontest: ! shirts contest/vote classroom leader

Fun Facts "# million tons of materials are recycled in the $nited %tates& 'ach person produces (&) lbs& of trash per day in the $nited %tates& !he energy saved from recycling *+' glass bottle can run a ,--.watt light bulb for four hours or a compact fluorescent bulb for #- hours& /lastic bags and other plastic garbage thrown into the ocean kill as many as ,0---0--- sea creatures every year1 2ecycling *+' aluminum can saves enough energy to run a !3 for three hours0 or the e4uivalent of a half a gallon of gasoline& /aper /roducts: 5 67&( 8 of all paper products are being recycled& 5 !o produce each week9s %unday newspapers0 6--0--- trees must be cut down& 2ecycling : %I+;<' run of the %unday +ew =ork !imes would save >60--- trees& 5 !he average household throws away ,70--- separate pieces of paper each year& 5 'ach ton of recycled paper can save ,> trees which can absorb a total of #6- pounds of carbon dioxide from the air each year& ?urning that same ton of paper wouldcreate,6-- pounds of carbon dioxide&

11 Facts About Recycling

,& !he average person generates over ( pounds of trash every day and about ,&6 tons of solid waste per year& #& In #--@0 :mericans produced enough trash to circle the 'arth #( times& 7& *ver >68 of waste is recyclable0 but we only recycle about 7-8 of it& (& We generate #,&6 million tons of food waste each year& If we composted that food0 it would reduce the same amount of greenhouse gas as taking # million cars off the road& 6& 2ecycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to listen to a full album on your i/od& 2ecycling ,-- cans could light your bedroom for two whole weeks& )& 2ecycling aluminum cans saves @68 of the energy used to make alum cans from new material& >& :mericans throw away #60---0--- plastic bottles every hour& "& *ver ">8 of :mericans have access to curbside or drop.off paper recycling programs& @& In #--@0 :mericans threw away almost @ million tons of glass& !hat could fill enough tractor trailers to stretch from += to <: Aand back1B& ,-& In #-,-0 paper recycling had increased over "@8 since ,@@-& ,,& If every :merican recycled just one.tenth of their newspapers0 we could save about #6 million trees each year&