WASTE MATERIALS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

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WASTE MATERIALS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

• WHY IT IS ESSENTIAL TO SEPARATE HOUSEHOLD WASTE.

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WE MUST REMEMBER THAT

• everything we do affects the environment
• we are wasting resources that took millions of
  years to create and wont last forever, such as
  natural gas, oil, minerals.........
• even the carbon dioxide we breathe contributes to
  the greenhouse effect.

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TO REDUCE THE DAMAGE WE ARE DOING TO OUR
ENVIRONMENT

• We should change our behavior by re-using
  whatever we can
• We should begin to collect household waste
  separately.
• The Town Council should inform people and control
  that they follow the rules.

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RULES TO USE THE RUBBISH CONTAINER CORRECTLY

• Close dustbin liners properly
• Dont leave rubbish in the street
  if the container is full
• Dont put big things (like pieces of furniture..)
  or dangerous products in the containers.
• There are rules that are written
• on the containers READ THEM!

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OUR TOWN COUNCIL HAS FOUNDED AGENDA 21, AN
ASSOCIATION CREATED TO STUDY AND SOLVE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN OUR AREA

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AMONG THEIR PROPOSALS THERE IS

• THE RECYCLING OF VEGETABLE OILS
• they should be collected and disposed of
  separately, to be re-used in various ways.

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• DOOR TO DOOR PROJECT
• house to house separate collections of waste
  materials.At the moment this project is only
  active during the summer and only in part of the
  town. If it were carried out the whole year and
  everywhere, the separate collection would cover
  80 of the rubbish we produce.