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THE HORRORS OF LANDFILLS
Slide show made by Makaio Garrin, Helene Carter and Kai TurnbullGrade 5
If the population keeps growing, this is what our planet will look like.
IS THIS WHAT WE WANT???
WHY ARE WE DOING
THIS?
There are a lot of people producing a lot of waste
"Why?"
NaturalResources
Goods and
Services
Pollution, Wasteand
EnvironmentalDisturbances
Waste Management in the BVI
A Graph To Show The Growth Of Waste Within The BVI In 1995-
2005
Waste Management in the BVI
●The incinerator we have is too small - thats why we open burn our trash
●St John is complaining about the emissions
●Tortola, is 21.5 square miles and hilly
●Not a lot of space to put a landfill so Government chose an incinerator
Waste Management Problems in the BVI
●Visitors and residents produced 100-150 tons per day in season
●Incinerator on Tortola can only burn 40 tons per day
●Cannot handle glass or metals or hazardous
substances ●Except waste is burned behind the incinerator
causing toxic emissions ●New incinerator will burn about 100 tons per day.
IMAGES OF THE INCINATOR'S CHAMBERS
Main chamber Upper chamber
Landfills in the BVI
●4 unlined landfills on Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Jost van Dyke and Anegada.
●Environmental impacts from leachate ●Virgin Gorda state land + 10 yrs●Jost Van Dyke private land - 1 yr ●Anegada state land 20 years. Public pressure to
relocate away from residential zones. ●Tortola – current site full ●New landfill on Tortola would require special
engineering US$12 million 5 yrs
Open burning at Pockwood Pond
Landfills in the BVI
Anegada Landfill
WE NEED TO ACT NOW!
WE NEED TO REDUCE,REUSE AND RECYCLE
REDUCE by...●Composting at home and school
●Grow your own vegetables
●Say "NO" to styrofoam
●Take your own reusable bags to the store
● Refill water containers
●Go paperlessothink before you printouse evite.com
REUSE by...●Using reusable oplatesocups ocutlery oshopping bagsowater bottles
●reusing wrapping paper and bags ●reuse old jars for freezing food
●using both sides of paper
●Donating things you no longer need to charity
- You can use the same plastic bag over again instead of throwing it away.
RECYCLE
There is currently no recycling in the BVI. What you can do is: ●write a letter to Government requesting recycling
●support non profit Green VI who are working on a
recycling plan www.greenvi.org
What we did!
Landfill group actions
To see how much Syrofoam waste Cedar produces we collected andsorted lunch waste for 4 days
Action 1: Styrofoam art
In four days we
collected 59 Styrofoam products
That is about
3,000 styrofoam
products in a school year!
Our Sculpture
Action 2: Make Cedar Styrafoam free
●The action will be finalised next year
●Carol has already switched to plates for high school - thank you! BEST OPTION!!!
●Replace the styrofoam containers with biodegradable
products.
●Greentech donated selection for lunch ladies to test
●Assess product and price
●We hope this action is successful and that it can be shared with other schools.
Biodegradable containers●cause less emissions when burned
●do not become litter
●can be composted
●contain no harmful chemicals
THINK OF HOW YOU CAN HELP
AFTERBEFORE
BE A SUPER HERO
EVERY LITTLE THING YOU DO FOR THE EARTH IS
BIG....
Remember .... Going Styrofoam Free
HELP THE EARTH AND YOURSELF
You're welcome
THANK YOU
MANKIND
The World Is Ours
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CREDITSMs. Wilkinson
Ms. Clark
Charlotte McDevitt
Abigail O'Neal
Our Fantastic Helpers at Lunch Our class
And Parents
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING
ANY QUESTIONS?