The power of the four R's
Published on Nov 23, 2015
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What are the four R's
The fours are reduce, reuse,recycle,and rot
Reducing
Reducing means to have a limit to things that you need in the first place
Examples of reducing
- Cars uses a lot of energy and has a lot of pollution which comes from oil.
- People can turn of the lights by saving energy.
- Water can also be saved by turning off the faucet after brushing you teeth.
Examples of reusing
- Cans can be used for new creations
- Paper can be used as airplanes
- In 1997 the aluminum industry paid $1.03 billion to recyclers
- Making aluminum cans from recycled aluminum takes 95% less energy than making cans from virgin ore
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Recycling
Recycling is converting waste
Example of recycling
- Throwing paper in the right bin
- 15-year-old trees to produce 700 grocery bags
- 900,000,000 trees cut down each year
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Why am I telling you this?
People are throwing away garbage on the ground and not picking it up.
Is It helpful for you to use one of the four R'S?
Thanks for listening
Good Bye
