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Understanding the Importance of Recycling and Reusing Materials

Learn why "stuff" matters and the significant impact of recycling and reusing materials to reduce environmental effects, decrease toxicity, and increase useful life. Explore how our economy, dependency on non-renewables, and environmental effects are tied to material usage.

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Understanding the Importance of Recycling and Reusing Materials

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  1. Why “Stuff” Matters

  2. Recycling Re-process material to a make another product

  3. Reuse Use product in original form, but in new way.

  4. Reduce • Reduce consumer use of materials • Reduce material use in product manufacture • Decrease toxicity • Increase useful life (durability, repair-ability)

  5. Why “Stuff” Matters Source: PBS’s The Happiness Store (http://iptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/lpsc10.sci.life.happy/happiness

  6. Why “Stuff” Matters • We’re using more • Our economy is tied to materials • We’re increasingly dependent on non-renewables • Serious environmental effects

  7. Why “Stuff” Matters Provision of goods-29% Building lighting and HVAC-25% Materials -42% Transportation-24% • Provisionof food-13% • Use of appliances & devices-8% • Infrastructure-1% Source: US EPA, 2009

  8. A Life Cycle View

  9. Why “Stuff” Matters Landfills & Wastewater-2.2% Freight-7.1% Building lighting and HVAC-25% Materials -42% Extraction & Manufacturing-32.2% Transportation-25% Use of appliances & devices-8% Infrastructure-1% Source: US EPA, 2009

  10. That is why “Stuff” Matters

  11. Thanks to…Iowa DNR REAP Conservation Education ProgramIowa Solid Waste Alternatives ProgramOregon Dept. of Environmental Quality & David Allaway

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