During this activity the class was divided into groups and given a bag of trash to sort through. They sorted the trash in the different categories which they can be recycled in.
The trash was laid out on a tarp and the groups had to sort through it and place it in different piles and then put them in the different containers. Each container had a specific recycle it would hold like glass, paper, plastic, etc.
The different piles were sorted and weighed to see how much of the weight was made by the different recycling contents. The total weight of the bag was 7 pounds before the sorting. The most recycle material we found was paper weighing in at over 4 pounds.
There is a lot of trash thrown away everyday. Many of the things that are thrown away can be recycled and reused like the left over food can be maid into compost to help plants grow and the paper and plastic can also be reused. Trash in the classrooms can be reduced by using less of the materials or by reusing some of the items that can be reused like paper. Computers are good t have as well because your work is done on the computer and thats saving paper which is the most recyclable item thrown in the garbage.
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