paracompartir: The enviroment

I am working with my 5th year Sts on the enviroment
I presented the topic by asking my sts what they do to help to save the planet and what they do to harm it.
Some were concerned about the enviromental problems we are having, others seemed no to be so.ead
After a while we read "Plastic Planet", sts rflected and after that we had an interesting discussion about it.
The following class we went to the computer lab and we looked for some information in a very interesting website, (I´ll try hard to show you the first page)

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

There are three key factors when thinking about how to recycle – The 3 R’s:

Recycling Different Materials

You can find out how to recycle different materials such as Glass, Batteries and Mobile Phones by simply using our list on the right hand side.

Recycling Etiquette

Recycling can sometimes be confusing and it can be difficult to know whether you are following all the right rules. Improve your recycling efforts by learning some recycling etiquette rules and check out which type of collection is best and why different areas recycle and collect in different ways.

What’s in your Rubbish Bin?

A large percentage of UK household’s still do not recycle enough and throw everything that they consider ‘rubbish’ into their ordinary bin.

Much of this waste can be recycled and should be disposed of separately to general household waste. Look inside this rubbish bin to see how much of the contents should actually have been recycled. Check our list on the right to see how to recycle different materials.