What: How can we be more responsible in our consumption and production?
Why: To understand how we could conserve our resources for the future
How: To research a variety of ways in which we can be more sustainable with our consumption practices and learning about how production can be made more sustainable through the circular economy
Why: To understand how we could conserve our resources for the future
How: To research a variety of ways in which we can be more sustainable with our consumption practices and learning about how production can be made more sustainable through the circular economy
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What do we consume on a normal day?
Task: Fill in your ‘goods wheel’ with items that you use on a normal school day.
Then: Categorise these items into items that you only use once and then throw away and items that you can reuse.
BONUS: Can you think of any items that you throw away after one use but that you could replace with one you reuse?
Then: Categorise these items into items that you only use once and then throw away and items that you can reuse.
BONUS: Can you think of any items that you throw away after one use but that you could replace with one you reuse?
How is our waste currently disposed of?
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What can we all do to be more responsible consumers?
Task: You will be given some information about different methods you could use to be a more responsible consumer. You must then:
a.Summarise what this method is in your table in no more than 20 words per method
b.Decide which of the Four Rs this method is.
a.Summarise what this method is in your table in no more than 20 words per method
b.Decide which of the Four Rs this method is.
The circular economy
What is a Circular Economy?A circular economy is an substitute to a linear economy, we can keep using our resources within our system for as long as possible.
- Reuse as many times before we discard items
- Then recycle and regenerate products at the end of their life
- Keeping the energy and resources within our system
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Research at least one of these companies
1.Write a description of what the company is doing to become more sustainable
2.How do these policies reduce the amount of resources being used?
3.How does this fit into the idea of the circular economy?