6.Research

//**Research:**//

[[image:http://www.manukau.govt.nz/SiteCollectionImages/yes.gif caption="Yes."]] What we collect:

 * [[image:http://www.manukau.govt.nz/SiteCollectionImages/rubbish%20plastics.jpg align="right" caption="Recycle rubbish."]]Plastic bottles; and containers (any plastic container from the kitchen, bathroom or laundry)
 * Paper and cardboard, including juice and milk cartons (including Tetrapak)
 * Glass jars and bottles
 * Tins and cans
 * Clean aluminium foil, plates and trays
 * Empty aerosol cans.

[[image:http://www.manukau.govt.nz/SiteCollectionImages/no.gif caption="No."]] What we don't collect:

 * [[image:http://www.manukau.govt.nz/SiteCollectionImages/rubbish%20nonrecycle.jpg align="right" caption="Non-recyble rubbish."]]Rubbish
 * Plastic bags
 * Plastic food wrap
 * Garden waste
 * Food waste
 * Clothing
 * Engine oil bottles and automotive parts
 * Paint or chemicals
 * Ashes
 * Expanded polystyrene such as:
 * foam hot drink cups
 * foam hamburger take-away clamshells
 * foamed meat trays and
 * protective foam packaging
 * Drinking glasses
 * Light bulbs
 * Mirrors
 * Window glass
 * Windscreen glass
 * Ceramics, crockery, porcelain and oven-ware
 * Disposable nappies
 * Computers
 * Car batteries.

//**__What is a landfill?__**//
//**A landfill,is a site for the disposal of [|waste] materials by burial and is the oldest form of [|waste treatment].Many landfills are also used for other waste management purposes, such as the temporary storage, consolidation and transfer, or processing of waste material (sorting, treatment, or recycling).**//

//**__What are the negative effects__** __**of landfills?.**__//
//**Seepage into drinking water is the most important negative effect. It may not happen for a long time, but sooner or later it will. This can contaminate our water, causing a rise in cancer rates, other health problems.**//

__//**What is methane gas?**//__
//**methane is a [|greenhouse gas] many times more potent than carbon dioxide, and can itself be a danger to inhabitants of an area); harbouring of disease [|vectors] such as rats and flies, particularly from improperly operated landfills**//.

__//**What are the two ways to deal with methane gas.**//__
//**You use methane gas to generate electricity You can also burn methane**//

= = = = =//__**The 4 rs.**__//= //**There are four main ways to reduce the amount of rubbish that ends up in landfill sites.They are sometimes called the four rs.**//

Reuse:Reuse means to use something more then once rather then throwing it away.eg We can reuse plastic bags when we go shopping.

Recycle:Recycle means to change old material into new materials.eg old bottles are shredded into pieces to turn it into new bottles.

Refuse:Refuse means to say no to something.eg When you go shopping say no the plastic bags.

Reduce:Reduce means using less things that will be thrown into rubbish.eg Use both sides of paper before you throw it away.