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Thursday, 8 August 2019

HuruManu- Recycling

Aim: To learn practical ways of recycling so that we can make our world a better place.



How can we prevent climate change by recycling these products?

Plastics:
Cycling or walking: 
Paper:
Steel: 




AT WHAT RATES DO DIFFERENT ITEMS DECOMPOSE?

MY INVESTIGATION.


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Choose 5 items from the list and investigate them. 

You need to answer three questions.

Name: Nappy 

  1. How long do they take to decompose?  200 - 500 years 
  2. What resource/fossil fuel are they made from? The components to making a disposable nappy are waterproof, wood pulp and synthetic polyacrylate (cloth Diapering) Disposable diaper, polyethylene plastic are used and the raw material for this is the oil: it takes 1 cup of crude oil to make the plastic for one disposable diaper.
  3. How is this resource recycled?
  4. How does this object contribute to climate change?

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