Litter

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Litter

•  Noonelikeslittersowhydopeopledoit?•  Discusswithyourpartnerandblast5quickandsimplereasonswhypeoplelitterin60seconds.

•  Sohowcanwestoppeoplefromlitteringandtakemorecareoftheirenvironment?60seconds……..GO!SJHS

Litter

•  Thinkaboutwhereyoulive.•  Whatarethemostcommonplacesforlittering?

•  Isschooloneofthese?•  Ifyes,whydoyouthinkpeopleinourfantasticschooldonotputlitterintheappropriateplace?SJHS

Litter SpendsometimeexploringthefactsoflitteringonthemapSJHS

Litter facts

•  ItcoststheUK£1bntoclearlitterEVERYYEAR.Moneywhichcouldbespentonthingstoreallybenefitsociety.ThinkofthegooditcoulddoinourstrugglingNHS…

•  Anestimatedeightmilliontonnesofplasticwasteisaddedtotheoceanseveryyearandmostplasticneverbiodegrades.Itbreaksdownintosmallerpiecesknownasmicro-plastics.Largepiecescantrapanimalsandsmallerpiecesareofteneaten

•  Wildlifesufferstheconsequences,asdoourpets.TheRSPCAreceiveover7,000phonecallsayearaboutanimalswhohaveeatenorbeeninjuredbylitter.Theythinkthattherealnumberismuchhigherasmostownersgostraighttovetsandmanywildanimalswhosufferaren’tfound.SJHS

Litter facts

•  Plastics,polystyrenecupsanddiscardedpackagingarechokingriverhabitatsbuttendtobehiddenatthebottomofthewatersogounnoticed.Decomposingplasticcanreleasetoxicchemicalswhicharethenpassedthroughthefoodchain.

•  Riversandstormdrainscarryinlandlitterouttosea.Thereare5.25trillionpiecesofplasticdebrisintheoceanand2,500itemsofrubbishforeverykilometreonourbeaches.

•  Thecostsoflitteraresignificantandvaried.TheannualcostofpickinguplitteracrosstheUKiscloseto£1billion,eighty-onepercentofBritishpeoplesaythatseeinglitteronthestreetsmakesthemfrustratedandangryandspendingtimeinplacesthatappearuncaredformayresultindamagetocommunityspirit.SJHS

Litter

•  Quiz-workwithyourpartneraswetryandanswerthefollowingpoints;

•  Whydroppinglitterisbadforourenvironment,wildlifeandcommunities

•  Whyit’simportanttothinkcarefullyaboutballoonreleasesandhowweusecertain‘singleuse’plasticitems

•  Whatweshouldn’tflushdownthelooandwhy!

•  https://cleanupbritain.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Clean-Up-Britain-Litter-Quiz.pdfSJHS

Litter

•  Soalwaysputtingourlitterinabinisthebestwaytoavoidlitteringbuthowcanwereducetheamountoflitterandwastewemake?

•  Here'safewtogetyoustarted,canyouthinkofothers?

•  Alwayscarryingreusablebagsforourshopping

•  Takingreusablecupsforourtake-outhotdrinks.

•  Paperorcardstrawsforoursoftdrinks

•  Carryingrefillablewaterbottlesanddrinkinggoodoldtapwater

•  Canyouthinkof5more?

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Litter kills

•  TheUKhasaseriouslitterproblem.Takealookaroundyou–everyvillage,town,city,beachandroadsideisblightedwiththelazyleftoversofourdailylives.

•  Inparticularyoungwomenandmen,aged12-30,whodon’teventhinkaboutlitter.Thisagegroup,whilesayingtheylovetheplanet,agreewithrecycling/greenissuesandwanttosaveendangeredspeciesaretheworstatlittering…..that’syou!!!.

•  We’resupposedlyanationofpetandanimallovers.Britishhouseholdsintotalhost8.5mdogsand8mcats.Millionsofuscareaboutwildlifeandenjoyseeingwildanimalswherewelive,workandplay.

•  Yetourlitteringhabitaffectsthousandsandthousandsofanimalsinaverybad,sometimesfatal,way.

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Litter- gum!!

•  The30milliontonnesoflitterdroppedeachyearstartswithasingleitem–andchewinggumisaparticularlystickyissue.Gummakesstreetslookgrubbyanduncaredfor,andisevenworsewhenitstickstoourclothesandshoes.

•  Eachpieceofgumcosts10ptoremovefromourstreets,ormorethanthegumcostsinthefirstplace.With95%ofourcountry’sstreetsstainedwithgumtheseclean-upcostscouldbebetterspentelsewhere.

•  https://youtu.be/CjTjQewngxE•  https://youtu.be/xOp8A6exECI

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Litter

•  Watchthevideo,doyouthinkbottledepositsareagoodideatostoplittering?

•  https://youtu.be/jCjeNZquEPU

•  Unfortunatelylitterisaprobleminourschooltoo.

•  Whatwayscanyouthinkoftoencouragepeopletobemoreresponsible,bintheirrubbishandlookafterourschool?

•  WewouldlovetohearyouranswersbecausethisisOURschoolandWEneedtolookafterit.

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