AY Honors/Recycling - Advanced

Recycling - Advanced
Nature
Skill Level 123
Approval authority South American Division	Year of Introduction 2012

• Overview
• Requirements
• Answer Key
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AY Honors/Recycling - Advanced/Overview

The most challenging requirement of this honor is probably this:

4. Visit a factory of solid waste treatment and find out what methods are used to recycle materials.

1. Have the Recycling honor.

2. How does the selective collection of solid waste work in the following locations:

a. Homes

b. Businesses

3. How does recycling, according to the social context, become a source of income for many families?

4. Visit a factory of solid waste treatment and find out what methods are used to recycle materials.

5. Discover what is the alternative structure of a landfill. Name the main advantages and disadvantages.

6. Make at least two toys out of recycled materials. These toys should be given to children in need.

7. Restore an object that could be thrown away and turned into something useful for your home.

8. Develop a technique for recycling wood, rope or bamboo, after being used for camping.

9. Produce a video or storyboard showing five or more tips on improving the planet by recycling.

10. In places where there is a system of recycling containers, different colors are used. Mention what type of material is used for each color:

a. Blue

b. Red

c. Yellow

d. Brown

e. Green

11. How should batteries, light bulbs, or fluorescent tubes be thrown out? Where is the nearest recycling station from your home?

Edit Answer Key

1

Have the Recycling honor.

For tips and instruction see Recycling.

2

How does the selective collection of solid waste work in the following locations:

2a

Homes

2b

Businesses

3

How does recycling, according to the social context, become a source of income for many families?

4

Visit a factory of solid waste treatment and find out what methods are used to recycle materials.

5

Discover what is the alternative structure of a landfill. Name the main advantages and disadvantages.

6

Make at least two toys out of recycled materials. These toys should be given to children in need.

7

Restore an object that could be thrown away and turned into something useful for your home.

8

Develop a technique for recycling wood, rope or bamboo, after being used for camping.

9

Produce a video or storyboard showing five or more tips on improving the planet by recycling.

10

In places where there is a system of recycling containers, different colors are used. Mention what type of material is used for each color:

10a

Blue

10b

Red

10c

Yellow

10d

Brown

10e

Green

11

How should batteries, light bulbs, or fluorescent tubes be thrown out? Where is the nearest recycling station from your home?

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