Summary
Where does your trash actually go? Bill follows garbage to the landfill and makes the case for reducing, reusing, and recycling to lower our impact.
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Discussion
Where does your trash actually go? Bill follows garbage to the landfill and makes the case for reducing, reusing, and recycling to lower our impact..
- What happens to trash after the truck takes it away?
- Which things break down quickly and which last for years?
- What's one way your class could make less garbage?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: landfill, recycle, decompose.
Try it: Sort five pieces of classroom 'trash' into recycle, reuse, or landfill and explain each choice.