Transcript Conservation, Waste Reduction, Recycling, and - Geog

Conservation, Waste Reduction,
Recycling, and Substitution
IB SL
Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
• Reduce the amount of the Earth's resources
that we use.
• Reuse Don't just bin it, could someone else
make use of it?
• Recycle Can the materials be made into
something new?
Substitution and Landfill
• Substitution: is basically when you use one
resource over another for example using
alternative fuels rather than fossil fuels to
benefit the environment.
• Landfill: Burying waste in the ground (filling in
land with rubbish). It is cheap but sites are
filling up/running out. This waste is mainly
domestic but some hazardous waste is
allowed.
Fly-Tipping
• When people or companies dump waste and
old equipment and is becoming an increasing
problem due to
• Increased costs of landfill.
• Many goods are hazardous.
• New E.U. Regulations are being imposed
which could be costly to manufacturers.
Waste Imports In China
• Dumping of old equipment is becoming an
increasing problem.
• A new PC requires at least 10 times its weight
in fossil fuels and chemicals.
• Old PC’s are often shipped to LEDC’s to be
recycled.
• Workers bathe the components in acid to strip
the materials apart.
Waste Imports In China
• Imports more than 3m tonnes of waste plastic
and 15m tonnes of paper and cardboard per
year.
• A third of UK’s waste plastic and paper is
exported to China every year.
• Low wages and a large workforce means this
waste can be sorted out cheaply.
• This is not responsible as a lot of countries are
just exporting their waste to other places.
Activity
• Create a Poster/Fact-Sheet to educate people
of how they can make changes to their lives in
order to think about the environment...
Reduce
Re-use
Recycle
Conserve
Substitute