Waste

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WASTE

• Commonly called ad Garbage or Rubbish

We all have to start thinking about the amount of
waste we are throwing away because waste disposal
has become a major environmental and economic
concern.
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History of Waste in Australia
Historically, Aboriginal people barely produced
any rubbish. The only signs of waste from our
original inhabitants are piles of shell, bone and
stone debris called middens.
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Early Europeans settlers in Australia produced
very little rubbish as items were difficult to
get in the first place and were often reused.
Food scraps were fed to dogs, pigs or chooks. No
packaging was more common than it is today and
many items were repaired rather than thrown away.
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Unitl the 1970s people burnt a lot of their
waste in their backyard so landfill was not a big
problem
This was stopped due to air pollution concern.
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• Today, our way of living has changed disposable
  goods and convenience foods from supermarkets
  that have lots of packaging are now common.
  Disposable items such as tissues and nappies are
  now often used instead of reusable items.

As modern manufacturing processes make goods
easier to produce, people often buy a new product
rather than fixing a broken one
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Why is Landfill a Problem?
Not in my backyard
Landfill is where all our garbage goes. Landfill
sites require space that might otherwise be bush
land or public space. Many people object to new
landfill sites. They are concern about smell,
pollution and property values.

• pollution of surface or ground water with
  contaminants from waste
• the creation on nuisance odors and dust
• the risk of property damage due to release of
  flammable or toxic gases
• the release of pollutants into the atmosphere

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For these reasons it is important that we
minimise the amount of garbage going to landfill
by adapting the
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Australias Waste Record

• On a per person basis, Australia is 2nd highest
  producer of waste in the world.
• (approx. 800 kg/person/year)

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Do You Know?

• Each year Australians produce 21 million tonnes
  of waste.
• (This would fit into a line of garbage trucks
  from Melbourne to London and halfway back)
• About 36 of total waste is recycled

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WAs Waste

• In WA, waste production is above the national
  average 1.7 tonnes per person each year (2000).
• An average of 16 of waste is separated for
  recycling in WA homes (2000).
• The 1993 target of 50 waste diversion yet to
  be achieved.

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Recycling Saves..Every tonne of paper recycled
saves almost 13 trees, 2.5 barrels of oil, 4100
kWh of electricity, 4 cubic metres of landfill
and 31, 780 litres of water
The energy saved from recycling 1 aluminium can
would power a TV for 3 hours. Twenty aluminium
cans can be recycled with the same energy
required to produce one new can from raw
materials.
Energy
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On average in Australia, each person sends 15.7kg
of garbage to landfill per week thats 816.4kg
a year! 44 of household waste going to
landfill is organic matter ABS 1997
Water
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Trees
Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said
Never does a Muslim plant trees or cultivate land
and birds or a man or a beast eat out of them but
that is a Charity on his behalf
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Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said
Never does a Muslim plant trees or cultivate land
and birds or a man or a beast eat out of them but
that is a Charity on his behalf.
Biodiversity
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Atmosphere
Abu Bakr (First Khalifah) ordered his soldiers
before a battle as follows Do not kill an old
man, a woman or a child. Do not harm date palms
or cut down trees. Do not slaughter any sheep,
cows or camels except for food. You will meet
people who spend their lives in monasteries,
leave them alone, and do not disturb them. Even
at the time of battles they still cared for the
environment around them.
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Our AIC Green Club

• The children of today are the Leaders of
  tomorrow. That is why the students of year 8 and
  9 have formed an association with the assistance
  of Br.Imtiaz.

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President
President Haji
Our Aim To create a waste wise environment at
AIC.
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Proposed Activities
Vice President Omar

• Assembly presentations on environment
• Inviting guest speakers from environmental
  
• agencies
• Organising and participating in clean up days
• Organising incursions and excursions

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Proposed Activities
Secretary Sarah

• Competitions
• Encourage and promote Reduce-Reuse-
• Recycle at AIC
• Conducting surveys

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Proposed Activities

• Posters
• Participating in environmental events in state
  level
• Fundraising programs

Treasurer Abdullahi
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Environmental Leaders
Ismail
Samarta
Mostafa
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Minna
Fatima
Sahar
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Environmental watch- Newsletter

• Promoting a newsletter to promote environmental
  activities
• Evergreen Club website
• Also a segment in Wakeup call
• The committee to write an AIC litter reduction
  policy
• Promoting Waste Wise Program to our Primary
  schools
• Integrate environmental learning in outcomes
  based curriculum

Editor Jannat
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AIC Green Club in Action
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The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said Cleanliness
is half of ones faith Everything around us must
be clean and pure, meaning we should not harm or
dirty the environment around us.
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AIC Green Club in Action

• Surat AlAraf verse 31
• Eat and drink but waste not by excess for Allah
  loves not the wasters.

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AIC Green Club in Action -
The messenger of Allah peace be upon him
said Removing harmful things from the path is
charity.
The AIC Green Club, with the help of the
teachers, have conducted a waste wise audit to
find out the types of waste we produce at our
school. In a particular period the club members
were picking up rubbish and we made a survey
paper and this was the result
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A.I.C Waste audit
Surat AlIsraa Verse 27 Verily, those who
waste are brothers of the evil ones and the evil
one is to his lord ungrateful.
Frequency Distribution Table
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A.I.C Waste audit
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ORGANICS
Percentage
PAPER CARDBOARD
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ALUMINIUM CANS
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35
30
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PLASTIC WRAPPERS
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BOTTLE CAPS
15
10

• OTHER
• PENS
• CDS
• STRAWS
• DRINK CARTONS
• LOLLY WRAPPERS
• CHIP PACKETS
• SHOES

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Type of waste
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MESSAGE

• Helping the environment is not one persons job.
  To achieve our goal we all have to join hands
  and with a whole school approach we will achieve
  our goal. We invite our respected teachers, the
  office staff, the maintenance staff and surely
  the fellow students.
• Insha Allah a lot to come from the evergreen club

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THANK YOU

• Br. Mandour
• Br. Darran
• Sr. Vani
• Sr. Deborah
• Br. Mohammad Khayat
• Sr. Safta and the office staff
• Br. Imtiaz

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REMEMBER... CLEANLINESS IS HALF OF OUR
FAITH!