Hi it's Ryann. Good idea. Another idea is water bottles. the are harmful to animals. Animals can get severely hart from water bottle in there environment.
What about our team name? I think we should call us the Robboters. Oh and maybe another idea could be plastic bags. Some see animals choke on plastic bags.
I think the problems are that (1) people use a lot of Styrofoam, (2) Styrofoam is very difficult to decompose, (3) it has limited recycle option and (4) I think not all people recycle their Styrofoam. This makes more trash and container waste, which harms the land and water and needs to take a long time to decompose. Here is the information I have collected from searching the internet.
According to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzTJ-SFbO2o
“1.Recyclers what their products clean, dry, and intact. 2. More than 95% of the final foam material is air. 3. In order to make this operation cost effective you need a lot of EPS(expanded polystyrene). ”
According to https://www.colliergov.net/index.aspx?page=3510
“The Earth Resource Foundation reports that Styrofoam manufacturers were the fifth largest producer of toxic waste in 1986. ” “It is unknown how long it takes for polystyrene to biodegrade. Some experts estimate the decomposion of Styrofoam to 500 years, with limited recycling options. ” “Styrofoam is a major environmental problem. Every day, approximately 1,369 tons of Styrofoam is buried into U.S. landfills.” (Runyi: That is equal to over 3,000,000 pounds per day and 1,095,000,000 pounds per year!!! And it takes up 500 years for them to decompose, it looks like a big problem to our land and water.)
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Hi! It's Ryann. I have a idea on what to do the projet .It should be on paper because lots people use one side of paper.
Any ideas on a team name?
Hi this is Runyi. I think Walgreen prescription bottle is another idea. Many people throw away their prescription bottles when the medicine is gone.
Good idea. I copied this comment onto the main Trash Trek Project post. You can contribute your idea for a team name on the Team Name discussion post.
Excellent idea. Can you learn more?
I copied this comment onto the main project blog post, so that everyone can comment on it.
Hi it's Ryann. Good idea. Another idea is water bottles. the are harmful to animals. Animals can get severely hart from water bottle in there environment.
What about our team name? I think we should call us the Robboters. Oh and maybe another idea could be plastic bags. Some see animals choke on plastic bags.
Sorry about the grammar.(see should be sea)
Hi this is Runyi! I purposed the name Robboters.
Hi it's Ryann. Why the Robboters. Another name could be Robot masters. See all of you tonight.
Did you learn more about the topic?
Ryann
This is Runyi.
I think the problems are that (1) people use a lot of Styrofoam, (2) Styrofoam is very difficult to decompose, (3) it has limited recycle option and (4) I think not all people recycle their Styrofoam. This makes more trash and container waste, which harms the land and water and needs to take a long time to decompose. Here is the information I have collected from searching the internet.
According to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzTJ-SFbO2o
“1.Recyclers what their products clean, dry, and intact. 2. More than 95% of the final foam material is air. 3. In order to make this operation cost effective you need a lot of EPS(expanded polystyrene). ”
According to https://www.colliergov.net/index.aspx?page=3510
“The Earth Resource Foundation reports that Styrofoam manufacturers were the fifth largest producer of toxic waste in 1986. ”
“It is unknown how long it takes for polystyrene to biodegrade. Some experts estimate the decomposion of Styrofoam to 500 years, with limited recycling options. ”
“Styrofoam is a major environmental problem. Every day, approximately 1,369 tons of Styrofoam is buried into U.S. landfills.”
(Runyi: That is equal to over 3,000,000 pounds per day and 1,095,000,000 pounds per year!!! And it takes up 500 years for them to decompose, it looks like a big problem to our land and water.)
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