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Waste Management

Waste Management - Recycling of plastic wastes - - Making of bench from used plastic bottles

 
Created By: Adwaita Vartak
 Email: adwaita289@gmail.com
 Time Duration: 10 days
 Batch Size: 10 students for each task
 Tools: Discarded Plastic bottles, Sand, Cement, Water, waste material that are not bio-degradable, wooden sticks for stuffing bottles, Basin for mixing cement, trowel, tools for digging foundation, tool for spreading cement, 4 steel angles of 50cm length each
 Resource Person: Science Teacher, Math Teacher, Construction worker
 Class: 5th to 9th
 Age Group: 12+
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Concept

Problem of plastic waste, What is mean by recycling, Types of wastes, Types of Pollution, Effects on ecosystem, use of renewable/non-renewable resources for manufacturing cement and plastics, importance of reducing usage of material made from non-renewable resources (plastics are made from petroleum products) or which are manufactured in polluting industries (cement); Surface area, Volume, structural design and aesthetics.

Objectives

  • To make articles using used plastic waste
  • To identify the sources of plastic waste
  • To understand the current scenario about waste management

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