Lesson: Solid Waste – 30 mins
Do you know what happens to garbage after you throw it away? Do you know what a landfill looks like?
• Landfills are enormous piles of garbage that can’t be recycled or composted. It sits there for years. Landfills are bad for animals.
• They aren’t built where people live, but animals do live there. You could generate 37 million tonnes over the next 50 years that could fill a baseball stadium!!
• Landfills are enormous piles of garbage that can’t be recycled or composted. It sits there for years. Landfills are bad for animals.
• They aren’t built where people live, but animals do live there. You could generate 37 million tonnes over the next 50 years that could fill a baseball stadium!!
Do you know what a landfill is?
• What is compost and why is it important to have a green bin? Do you have a green bin at home? If no, why do you think that is?
• Now let's watch this video on composting. What have you learned from it?
• Now let's watch this video on composting. What have you learned from it?
Lesson video:
• Let's watch this video. Is there anything interesting and new you found out?
• Check out the fact sheet below and focus on the amount of waste Toronto citizens collectively generate and how we need to reduce it.
• Check out the fact sheet below and focus on the amount of waste Toronto citizens collectively generate and how we need to reduce it.
Interesting facts:
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Compost:
• Landfills also pollute the environment. The garbage that we throw away includes a lot of dangerous chemicals. When rain falls on a landfill, it can wash the chemicals out into nearby lakes, rivers, and streams. This is not safe for fish. It’s also bad for people who drink the water. Newer landfills try to avoid this by putting up barriers around the trash. But these barriers can leak, and not all landfills have them.
• Another problem is gas from landfills. When garbage rots in a landfill, it makes dangerous gases CO2. These gases are bad for the environment. They can also cause health problems for people that live near the landfill)
• Another problem is gas from landfills. When garbage rots in a landfill, it makes dangerous gases CO2. These gases are bad for the environment. They can also cause health problems for people that live near the landfill)
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Health problems
• Some people, especially if you live in a building, do not have a compost bin at home/near their area. Let's do an exercise.
• Write a letter to the superintendent to have a compost bin.
• Write a letter to the superintendent to have a compost bin.
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