Task 4 - Recycling Experiment

Rubbish collected in a household where:
- 3 people and 2 pet dogs live
- 16 meals were prepared or cooked

Time of experiment: 8 days (from 16 to 23 November 2011).

Rubbish produced:











Plastic and metal: milk cartons, Coca - Cola and water bottles, yogurt pots, rice, sugar and spaghetti bags, mushroom and pea cans, among others.

Paper: cereal, chocolate and egg boxes, newspapers and magazines, among others.

Rubbish weight:














Plastic/metal: 0.294kg
Paper: 0.302kg

There were no glass items, no batteries or light bulbs and no electrical gadgets sent to the dustbin.
All organic waste produced was kept in the ordinary bin but was not properly taken care of. I mean it was not composted.

After eight days sorting out the rubbish produced in my home, I really believe that we (my parents and I) are a drop in the ocean of rubbish.
The world would be much cleaner if all people produced rubbish as we do.