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November 5, 2008 
Reducing our waste is one of the best ways to have a positive impact on our world. It’s important to both our natural environment and us. Our landfill sites are filling up, by 2015, almost all landfills in the UK will be full and incineration should not be the answer.
Increasing population means that there are more people on the planet to create waste. Discarded packaging contains materials that are not biodegradable. Harmful chemicals and greenhouse gasses are released from rubbish in landfill sites. Recycling helps to reduce the pollution caused by waste and helps protect our resources for future generations.
Making use of redundant materials is a clear statement about closing the loop of resources, but it is a challenge to create new and meaningful uses for objects we regard as rubbish. The Tetra-Pack to wallet design is a transformation creates new and exciting uses for material otherwise regarded as waste. In this case the cardboard, aluminium and plastic which are hard to recycle creates a new object which cleverly borrows from the properties of the discarded carton. i.e: durable and hard wearing.
Anna Frendo Ukfeild Technology Eco Week
Teacher of Geography – Sustainability Co-ordinator
Subjects Covered
- Energy
- Purchasing and waste.
- Inclusion and participation.
- Global dimension.
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I strongly believe that the future is in our hands and therefore in the hands of the next generation. 'Green up your acts' aim is take the sometimes complex issues of Sustainability and make them easier to understand so participants of all ages can begin to help make the changes that are necessary for a cleaner, greener world.