Earth Day by Bernard Bolanowski https://padlet.com/bernard67/earthday_bernard_max en-us 2024-04-22 09:25:49 UTC 2024-04-30 10:07:58 UTC hello@padlet.com What is Earth Day bernard67 https://padlet.com/bernard67/earthday_bernard_max/wish/2964417120 Earth Day is an annual event, which takes place every year on April 22. First celebrated in 1970, the goal of this event is to help save the Earth. Every year, Earth Day has a new theme. This year's theme is 'Planet vs Plastics'.

]]> 2024-04-22 09:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/bernard67/earthday_bernard_max/wish/2964417120 Plastic pollution graphs bernard67 https://padlet.com/bernard67/earthday_bernard_max/wish/2964421686 The amount of plastic in our oceans increased from 8 million tons in 2000 to 30 million tons in 2019!

]]> 2024-04-22 09:33:49 UTC https://padlet.com/bernard67/earthday_bernard_max/wish/2964421686 Causes bernard67 https://padlet.com/bernard67/earthday_bernard_max/wish/2964429276

  • Single-use plastic

  • Food Waste

  • Recycling Mistakes

  • Beauty Industry

  • Careless People

  • Cars

    • ]]>     2024-04-22 09:40:49 UTC https://padlet.com/bernard67/earthday_bernard_max/wish/2964429276     Effects bernard67 https://padlet.com/bernard67/earthday_bernard_max/wish/2964437246

  • It chokes marine wildlife

  • It makes the oceans dirty

  • It harms tap water

  • It harms humans

    • ]]>     2024-04-22 09:48:02 UTC https://padlet.com/bernard67/earthday_bernard_max/wish/2964437246     How you can help bernard67 https://padlet.com/bernard67/earthday_bernard_max/wish/2964485326

  • Reuse plastic

  • Stop using single-use plastic

  • RECYCLE (see next slide)

  • Cook more

  • Organise your own beach cleanup

    • ]]>     2024-04-22 10:30:20 UTC https://padlet.com/bernard67/earthday_bernard_max/wish/2964485326     Recycling bernard67 https://padlet.com/bernard67/earthday_bernard_max/wish/2969358954 You can recycle to help solve plastic pollution. It is the process of turning Waste into new things. To find out what is recyclable, please look at the next slide.

    ]]>     2024-04-25 07:27:47 UTC https://padlet.com/bernard67/earthday_bernard_max/wish/2969358954     What is recyclable bernard67 https://padlet.com/bernard67/earthday_bernard_max/wish/2969362889 Books, Newspapers, Boxes, Bottles, Cans and Cartons all should be recycled. For more information, check your local recycling website.


    Plastic Bags and Food Waste, however, must be recycled separately.

    ]]>     2024-04-25 07:30:57 UTC https://padlet.com/bernard67/earthday_bernard_max/wish/2969362889     What is plastic pollution? bernard67 https://padlet.com/bernard67/earthday_bernard_max/wish/2969368427 Plastic Pollution is when plastic ends up in the ocean via many different ways.

    ]]>     2024-04-25 07:35:06 UTC https://padlet.com/bernard67/earthday_bernard_max/wish/2969368427     Did you know? bernard67 https://padlet.com/bernard67/earthday_bernard_max/wish/2973493621

  • About 95% of people have BPA (a chemical found in plastics) in their urine!

  • The BBC actually found seagulls which died because their stomachs were full of plastics.

  • A whale DIED after eating a whopping 80 plastic bags!

    • ]]>     2024-04-29 09:35:16 UTC https://padlet.com/bernard67/earthday_bernard_max/wish/2973493621     What are people doing to help? bernard67 https://padlet.com/bernard67/earthday_bernard_max/wish/2973507182

  • 100 countries banned single-use plastic

  • China, Turkey, Malaysia, Cambodia, and Thailand banned waste import

  • They are organizing beach cleanups.

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