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What is Your Plastiki?What is Your Plastiki?
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PLASTICBOTTLES
GLASS
CANSPAPER
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WHAT ITEMS DO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY RECYCLE? HOW COULD YOU TRY AND RECYCLE MORE?WHAT PLASTIC ITEMS DO YOU OFTEN THROW AWAY? COULD YOU RE-USE ANY OF THESE AND HOW?
IT TAKES 24
TREES TO MAKE
1 TON OF
NEWSPAPER.
1 recycled plastic bottle would save enough energy to power a 60-watt light bulb for 3 hours
Up to 60% of the rubbish that ends up in the dustbin could
be recycled
1 recycled
glass bottle would
save enough energy
to power a computer
for 25 minutes.
IF ALL CANS IN THE UK WERE RECYCLED,
WE WOULD NEED 14 MILLION FEWER
DUSTBINS
£36,000,000 WORTH OF ALUMINIUM
IS THROWN AWAY EACH YEAR
GLASS IS 100% RECYCLABLE AND CAN BE USED AGAIN AND AGAIN
Glass that is thrown away and ends up in landfills
will never decompose
1 recycled tin can could save enough energy to power a TV
for 3 hours
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT ONLY 7% OF PLASTIC WASTE IS CURRENTLY BEING RECYCLED
COLOUR ME IN AND START THINKING ABOUT ALL THE ENERGY YOU COULD SAVE BY RECYCLING YOUR TRASH: THEN SHARE YOUR NEW FOUND KNOWLEDGE WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND INSPIRE THEM TO BEAT WASTE TOO!
25% OF HOUSEHOLD WASTE IS PACKAGING
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Plastic Fact-astic
TOXIC CHEMICALS CAN
LEACH OUT OF POLYSTYRENE
PACKAGING AND INTO THE FOOD
THAT THEY CONTAIN (ESPECIALLY
WHEN HEATED IN A MICROWAVE)
!
An estimated 56% of all
plastics waste is used packaging,
three-quarters of which is from
households.
COLOUR ME IN AND START THINKING ABOUT ALL THE ENERGY YOU COULD SAVE BY RECYCLING YOUR TRASH! THEN SHARE YOUR NEW FOUND KNOWLEDGE WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND INSPIRE THEM TO BEAT WASTE TOO!
THE AVERAGE PLASTIC BAG TAKES 1 SECOND
TO MANUFACTURE, IS 20 MINUTES IN USE AND
TAKES 100- 400 YEARS TO DEGRADE NATURALLY
An estimated 13 billion plastic
bottles are disposed of each year.
4% of the oil we extract is turned
into plasticPOLYSTYRENE IS A VERY HAZARDOUS
FORM OF PLASTIC AND WHEN IT IS MADE
IT POLLUTES THE AIR AND CREATES
LARGE AMOUNTS OF LIQUID AND
SOLID WASTE
�FOR EVERY LITRE OF WATER POURED INTO A
BOTTLE ANOTHER 2 LITRES ARE USED IN
ITS MANUFACTURE.
25 recycled PET bottles can be used to make an
adult’s fleece jacket
Each year, Americans
throw away around
100 billion plastic bags.
Only 0.6 percent of these are recycled
COLOUR ME IN AND GET LEARNING SOME COOL FACTS ABOUT PLASTIC: THEN PIN IT ON YOUR WALL OR FRIDGE AND IMPRESS YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS WITH YOUR NEW FACTASTIC KNOWLEDGE!
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