Each activity provides objectives, materials needed, background information, procedures, and suggested extensions. Food packaging is defined, explained, and discussed in relation to solid waste management, and the concept of designing for recycling is introduced. Another activity teaches students how to describe, compare, and contrast the properties of plastic resins and to list products that can be produced through recycling the different plastic resins. This activity includes a chart, Major Plastic Resins and Their Uses. The last activity uses potato chips to focus on the concept of source reduction, which involves reducing the amount of waste created so that less material must ultimately be disposed.
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