4. How We Organize Ourselves, Jan. 16-March 9
Researching Skills
Your task is to decide on a research organizer that can best help you collect data for the following for each waste management strategy:
Advantages
Disadvantages
Impact on communities
Impact on the environment
Remember, the waste management strategies are:
Reduce/Reuse
Recycle
Dumping
Incineration
Landfill
Composting
We’ll start inputting our data into a Google Doc soon. I’ll let you know when that is live.
Art Ideas: Possible Supplies
cereal boxes
plastic bags
cereal bags (wax paper)
straws
wooden chopsticks
plastic cups
wine corks
tin foil
metal tabs (cans)
aluminum cans
bottle caps
toilet paper rolls
plastic cutlery
old newspapers
sandwich boxes
pencil sharpener shavings
rubber bands
boxes
Useful Links and Resources
Advantages and Disadvantages of Particular Waste Management Systems
Look at the Info Sheets on this site
Waste and Recycling in Hong Kong
Hong Kong: Management of Solid Waste
Waste in Hong Kong: Problems and Solutions
Waste Management Facilities in Hong Kong
Is Hong Kong a wasteful society?
Friends of the Earth (Hong Kong) – Waste Management Campaign
Domestic Waste Disposal in Figures
Domestic Waste Disposal in Figures , Source of Solid Waste
The Three Strategic Landfills in Hong Kong
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/games_activities/waste/index.cfm
http://www.epa.gov/kids/game.htm
http://www.nrdc.org/greensquad/intro/intro_1.asp
Donald MacPherson
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