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      Listed under:  Science  >  Environmental management  >  Waste management  >  Recycling
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      Creating a worm farm

      • TLF-IDA002844

      Food and gardening scraps thrown into household bins becomes landfill. When food waste breaks down in landfill, it emits greenhouse gases including methane gas which traps heat in our atmosphere. Diverting this organic waste from landfill and into a worm farm or composting system is great for your garden and for our planet. ...

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      Walking on Crushed Glass

      • TLF-IDA002442

      This is an illustrated story of a real-life engineering solution designed to recycle glass waste and reuse it as reinforcement for concrete used in footpaths. The book explains the process of innovation to reach a viable solution. It shows the creativity, innovation and collaboration required to provide a solution that ...

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      Exploring patterns and data with bread tags and plastic lids (Years F-2)

      • TLF-IDA002175

      This PDF provides suggestions for using bread tags and plastic bottle caps to collect, organise and represent data.

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      reSolve: What a Load of Rubbish

      • TLF-IDM025304

      In this series of three lessons, students conduct an audit of the rubbish they find in their playground. They use a range of categories to sort, display and interpret the data and make simple inferences. They then reclassify the rubbish collected as to whether it can be recycled, composted or if it needs to go into the ...

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      War on Waste: Recycling e-waste to raise money for food charities

      • TLF-IDM025170

      We all know recycling is a great way to reduce waste going into landfills, but there can be other benefits too. Some social entrepreneurs are recycling e-waste, not only to keep them from going into landfills, but also to generate revenue to help fund food charities. Craig Reucassel mentions how using technology for longer ...

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      Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Compost

      • TLF-IDM019460

      This learning sequence examines the waste management strategies of reducing, reusing, recycling and composting.

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      Waste and materials – sustainability action process (Years 3–6)

      • TLF-IDM020974

      This resource guides students through an extended school-based or local investigation focussed on waste and materials using the five-step sustainability action process. The resource supports the investigation of a real-world issue or problem. Students develop and implement a chosen sustainability action and then evaluate ...

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