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Plan a clean-up day at school or a nearby park. Wearing gloves and using bags, collect the litter you find. Discuss the kinds of waste you found. Which was the most common? How can we reduce such waste?
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Key Points
A clean-up survey shows plastic is usually the most common waste.
Key Points / Good Practices
- Wear gloves and use separate bags for each type of waste.
- Sort waste into plastic, paper, food and glass.
- Count each type to find the most common one.
- Plastic wrappers and bags are often the most common.
- Reduce waste by reusing, recycling and avoiding single-use plastic.
- Carry cloth bags and a reusable water bottle.
Sorting and reducing waste keeps our surroundings clean.
