Weigh your waste

This activity is designed to be completed in class over a period of a week or a little more. It requires students to collect, weigh, record, and analyse the waste they produce during the week. It will help them to realise how much waste is generated and to recognise the differences between general waste, recycled products, and reusable materials. There are questions to help with their thinking about the issues.

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Future in Fibre

This unit of work is designed for use over an extended period of 11 or more lessons. It aims to build skills and understanding around green terms such as sustainability, recyclability, and biodegradability in real world contexts, exploring perspectives of decision-makers perspectives, such as company directors, and considerations around using sustainable methods.

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