North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Adapted from Blue Jay Point County Park Created !y DNi"e #efner$ %alei&'$ NC (ore info 'ere ) 'ttp*++,,, ,ake&o- .om+park"+!lue/ay+default 'tm Objectives: Students will: Increase awareness of how they can avoid sending waste to the landfill. Interact with each other Materials: Laminated cards with pictures of waste items (eg. lass bottle! newspaper! etc." #lothespins #ards with suggestions for material! both realistic and idealistic to assist facilitator with guided discussion (see second attachment" $%&'#%! $%'S%! $%#(#L%! )$*S+! and #OM,OS) signs (see below" ,rocedure: -. 'se a clothespin to attach a card to each player.s bac/. )ell the players that each card represents an item that often ends up in a landfill. 0. %1plain that each player is e1pected to find out what /ind of waste item is on his or her bac/. 2. %ach player will then as/ 3yes or no4 5uestions to other players that will help him learn the identity of his waste item. )he other players will answer these 5uestions as appropriate. 0Clue" .an !e &i-en if a player &et" "tu.k1 6. )hroughout the room signs saying $%&'#%! $%'S%! $%#(#L%! )$*S+! and #OM,OS) will be posted. *fter each player has discovered the identity of his waste item! he will go to the sign in which he feels his material belongs (i.e. newspaper 7 recycle! banana 7 compost". 8. )hen have each participant tell what their material was and other possible ways it could be handled (i.e. newspaper 7 compost". If the game is being used as an ice brea/er! each player could tell something about himself. &iscussion 9uestions: -. :hat is the difference between %educing! %eusing! and %ecycling and Compost;

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2or e-ery "in&le item ,e u"e$ ,e 'a-e .'oi.e"! :e can redu.e (buy less and throw away less". < %edu.e by shopping for 5uality. =uy things that are made to last. < %edu.e by not buying things that are made to throw away! such as disposable cameras and flashlights. < %edu.e by not eating in restaurants that use disposable dishes. < %edu.e by renting or sharing things you seldom use. :e can reu"e (fi1 and alter things we already have so that we can continue to use them". < %eu"e and save money by shopping at a garage sale or flea mar/et. < %eu"e by trading seldom used toys with a friend. < %eu"e by saving paper with one blan/ side and then using it for shopping lists and phone messages. < %eu"e an item for a long time by performing proper maintenance. :e can re.y.le (Saving used materials and sending them off to be processed into useful goods". < %e.y.lin& uses less energy and causes less pollution than ma/ing goods from new materials. < %e.y.lin& usually costs less than other ways of getting rid of trash. < %e.y.lin& saves forests! petroleum and other resources.

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