RECYCLING AND SAVING WATER

Recycling Recycling is the collection, processing and reuse of materials that would otherwise be thrown away. Materials ranging from precious metals to broken glass, from old newspapers to plastic spoons, can be recycled. The recycling process reclaims the original material and uses it in new products. In general, using recycled materials to make new products cost less and requires less energy than using new materials. ����������� Recycling can also reduce pollution, either by reducing the demand for high-pollution products or by minimizing the amount of pollution produced during the manufacturing process. Recycling decreases the amount of land needed for trash dumps by reducing the volume of discarded waste. ����������� Recycling can be done internally (within a company) or externally (after a product is sold and used). Since the recovered material never left the manufacturing plant, the final product is said to contain preconsumer waste. External recycling occurs when materials used by the customer are returned for processing into new products. Material ready to be recycled in this manner, such as empty beverage containers, are called postconsumer waste. ���������������������������������������������������������������������� Adapted from Encarta Encyclopedia.

� Using recycled material to make new products is _______________ using new materials. � ��� more expensive thanless expensive thanas expensive asinexpensive at all � Recycling __________________ pollution. � ��� raisesincreasesdecreasesfavors � Nowadays, there are two ways of recycling: ____________________ � ��� fast and slowantiquated and moderncheap and expensiveinternal and external � Materials used by the consumer and returned to process into new products are called _____________ waste. � ���ecologicalpreconsumerpost consumerbiodegradable� � � ������������������������������������������ Do you realize how much water you use? � Below is some interesting and showing data. � 1)�� An eight ‑ minute shower uses 80 to 250 liters. 2)� Taking a bath uses 60 to 180 liters. 3) Each time you clean your teeth With the tap running uses at least five liters. 4) An automatic washing machine uses up to 265 liters of water 5) Washing a car with a hose uses up to 300 liters. 6) Watering plants with a sprinkler uses up to 1500 liters per hour. 7)� Turn off dripping taps; one drip per second wastes as much as19 liters per day. � SIMPLE WAYS TO SAVE WATER � 1)�� Take shorter showers, cutting your shower� by two minutes per day saves up to 220 liters per week' 2)�� Use a tooth mug or glass when cleaning your teeth. 3)�� Don't leave the tap dripping. 4)�� Don't do the dishes under a running tap. 5)�� Don't turn the dishwasher on when it's only half full. 6)�� Make sure the sprinkler is spraying the garden and not the patio or pathway. 7)�� Only wash the car when it is really necessary. � � Every time you brush your teeth you use______________ � ������� more than five litersat least eight literat least eighteen minutessixty to one hundred eighty liters � Taking short showers will help to _____________________ � ������� stop pollutionwaste less waterreduce electricitysave up �������������������������������������������������������������������������������� One way to save water is to ___________________ ����� ���� �� wash the car only when neededturn off the dishwasherdo the dishes under running tapspray the pathway with the sprinkler. �