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Our presenter
is throwing away her weekly rubbish.
At a council rubbish tip, we see large quantities of waste being
dumped, and also the recycling bins around the site.
A Stockport school is having a waste audit, sorting the rubbish and
recording what is thrown away. Using the computer, they analyse the
contents of the bins and recognise the opportunities for
recycling.
Worldwide, there is waste of all kinds - including electronic
devices, tyres, and even submarines.
But living things - among them trees, livestock and fish - are
renewable. Whole communities may be dependent on rubbish.
In a shanty town at a dump near Nairobi, Kenya, we see how families
make use of recycled objects, and how a club helps homeless street
children by collecting and recycling packaging. A shanty town
school girl lives in a house that is entirely recycled - and she
and her friends can trade paper, plastic and cans for money. In the
market, oil drums are cut and shaped to make cooking pots. Cans
become lamps, and door hinges become axe heads.
In Peterborough, the green box system is used to recycle waste.
Even computers can be re-used or stripped for recycling. In the UK,
we can compost, use natural methane from waste sites, recycle
materials, and even recycle computers.
What can you do? A group of students challenge a soft drinks
manufacturer about over-packaging. The issue isn't a simple one, as
the company explains. In a competitive market, it is important to
give customers what they want.
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