Friday, June 24, 2011
How to stop rubbish going to Landfill
What can we do to help
§ Recycle glass, cans, and clothes at local ‘bring banks’
§ Use local authority ‘drop off’ facilities for waste oil, batteries or bigger items such as fridges or computers
§ Compost organic waste- about a third of our household rubbish is kitchen and garden waste.
§ Think carefully before buying packaged products.
§ Do not litter.
§ Reduce packaging waste.
ü Buy loose produce where possible
ü Avoid over packaged convenience food
ü Buy in bulk where possible
ü Buy concentrated products where possible
ü Choose products in recyclable materials e.g. paper, glass, aluminium
ü Buy products with recycled material in their packaging
ü Say ‘no’ to plastic bags and reuse those you take
CHOOSE PRODUCTS THAT ARE
§ DURABLE,
§ REPAIRABLE,
§ RECHARGEABLE,
§ RECYCLABE, AND
§ HAVE MINIMAL PACKAGING
What we learned
We learned that throughout history, there were always engineers. If there weren’t any engineers there would not be any phones, game consoles, planes or even boats or ships. Engineers are an important part of our lives.
We learned about the different types of engineers. There are lots of types of engineers. Mechanical engineers, structural engineers, civil engineers and aeronautical engineers.
We learned how to work with K’nex and Meccano. We had lots of fun!
We planned a City of the Future and are more aware of the work engineers do to make the world safer and better.
We learned about landfill sites and how a Mechanical Biological treatment Plant works.
We know lots about Irish inventors and how important their inventions are. We will all be watching to see if the Viking 550 team break the land speed record in 2012. We worked together to write and decorate our ‘A Drop in Time’ story.
We learned about the water cycle and we made a big chart to illustrate the water cycle. We also learn to work together. Over all we learned lots and it was lots of fun!!!
☺A Drop In time!☺
Chapter 1:
June 2020,
One warm balmy day, Barrack Obama was on his second trip to visit
On his long trip across the
A very adventurous drop of water travelled back in time and landed first on a private submarine built by John Philip Holland from Lahinch, Co. Clare. The drop floated onto the submarine and watched as
Chapter 2: Evaporation
The drop turned into vapour and rose into the air above sea level. It was excited to pass the Wright brothers as it evaporated and rose through the warm air just over Big Kill Devil Hill. It was December 17th 1903 and Wilber and Orville Wright were just flying in Flyer the first plane ever to successfully fly! The raindrop clung to the outside and was carried along through the air.
The drop was really amazed by this. It had never been on an invention like this, and it couldn’t explain what it felt at that moment in time. It rose higher and higher and higher. It gradually cooled as it rose higher and then felt like It was about to freeze.
Chapter 3: Condensation
It started to condense and joined a large cloud. It spotted a nearby plane. Out of nowhere a leather seat flew past it through the cloud at speed. It fleetingly noticed someone sitting in the seat. It sighed with relief because it was only a dummy. The drop had just seen the first testing of the ejector seat. It noticed James Martin jumping for joy on the ground due to the success of his invention in 1946.
Chapter 4: Precipation
Next it froze completely and turned into a snowflake in a large snow cloud. It fell slowly onto the ground. Suddenly a Viking 31 zoomed towards him at phenomenal speed. The snowflake landed on the car. When he came to a turn the snowflake flew off. He had just witnessed the Target 550 team of Marlo Treit and Les Davenport breaking the land speed record (804 km/h) in 2012 on the
Visit of Senior Environmental Officer from
Yesterday the 2nd of June we had a visit from an environmental officer from Cork County Council, Nick Bond. He came to our classroom to take a look at our project and talk to us about the M.B.T. Mr Bond said that he went to see an M.B.T in Germany and Cork County Council planned on building one in Cork but their customer numbers dropped and they sold their waste collection business.
He explained about landfill and waste management and what we can do to help our planet and reduce climate change. He was very impressed with our project. He thought it was a good idea to use our solid fuel recovery to power our drying room and heaters. We explained that after anaerobic digestion, the MBT produces Methane. This can generate electricity. After incineration the ash can be reused for cement and roads. He also told us that we import 6 billion euros worth of oil from south
We learnt about how the M.B.T can help with the recession by providing jobs for our fellow Irish people. It is also cheaper than bringing your rubbish to a landfill as it would only be 45 euro to treat for a tonne of rubbish. At the moment, it costs € a tonne to send rubbish to Landfill. Mr. Bond told us about the w.e.e.e ( waste electrical electronic equipment ). after that he looked at the model of the M.B.T and was amazed by the detail of the project .He also told us that brown nappies biodegrade better than white nappies. We asked him questions Like:
How can you make a landfill site into a green park? He said that a thick plastic layer is placed over the rubbish and gases. Then the grass is placed over the plastic and trees are planted.
Could you make the bottle hill site into a M.B.T? He explained that you can but with the recession that it would cost too much.
Where does all your oil from your restraunt go? He told us that a company takes it away and turn it into biodiesel.
Overall we enjoyed our visit from nick bond and have learnt a lot of facts about waste and landfill.
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