Reducing Single Use Plastics
Tamimi wants you to bring these to the supermarket to carry your groceries.
What are reusable shopping bags?
Something that farmers use in their farms and fields that can wash into the ocean.
What are fertilizers and chemicals?
These animals are dying from oil spills.
What are birds, fishes, whales and dolphins?
The 3 Big “Rs” are….
What is Reduce, Reuse and Recycle?
At Kaust we have organic waste, recyclable and non-recyclable (trash) bins.
What are the three types of bins we have in our houses?
Things you can use instead of a plastic straw?
What is rubber, paper, metal, glass, bamboo or NO straw,(you can refuse a straw)
When big ships move in the ocean and create noise that travels in the water.
What is noise pollution?
When seabirds are flying around the sea they mistakenly think that this is food.
What are microplastics?
When you save plastic, glass, metal and paper from the trash bin, you are doing this.
What is recycling?
Where all of the Kaust waste and recycling goes.
What is the Reuse center?
Instead of bringing a single use water bottle, you can bring this to drink water from.
What is a reusable water bottle (metal or plastic)?
When ships carrying oil are careless and they sink or hit something underwater this can happen.
What is an Oil Spill?
It’s something that gets stuck in a turtle's nose.
What is a plastic straw?
When you cannot use things in your home, instead of throwing them away you do this.
What is donating or rehoming?
This is a place in Discovery Square where you can buy used cheap items like clothing, electrical items, baskets, toys, games and DVD’s etc.
What is the Second Chance Thrift Shop?
Restaurant takeaway will give these to you, even if you don't need them!
What is plastic cutlery?
A huge area of trash floating in the ocean.
What is the Pacific Garbage Patch?
They are the rings that get stuck on a turtle’s body and don't go away so it grows with the turtle and affects the shell.
What are plastic can rings?
Instead of throwing your fruit and vegetable waste in the garbage, you can do this.
What is composting?
Something you can do to help the beach at Kaust.
What is picking up trash or beach clean-ups?
Instead of using ziplock bags, you can bring these to school to hold your food.
What is tupperware or reusable containers?
Plastic that breaks down into small pieces from the sun and being in the water for a long time.
What is a microplastic?
Something that turtles think are jellyfish and are floating in the ocean.
What is a plastic bag?
When you have something that is broken and you don’t just throw it away, you try this.
What is fixing or repairing?
This bin is for your leftover vegetables and fruit. Many houses in Kaust don’t have one of these and they should.
What is the organic waste bin?