Make a No-Waste Sack Lunch
Directions: To reduce the amount of trash that schools throw into landfills, you are going to invent a NO-WASTE SACK LUNCH.
A sack lunch with a sandwich, a juice drink, some chips, cookies, and an
apple makes a LOT of waste. There's the paper lunch bag, the plastic wrap
for the sandwich, the plastic wrap for the cookies, and the empty juice box.
Can you design a lunch with NO WASTE?
- What will you carry it in?
Will this REDUCE REUSE or RECYCLE?
- What will you put the sandwich in to keep it fresh?
Will this REDUCE REUSE or RECYCLE?
- What will you put the cookies in to keep them fresh?
Will this REDUCE REUSE or RECYCLE?
- What kind of container can hold the juice?
Will this REDUCE REUSE or RECYCLE?
Excerpted from Themes Across the Curriculum.
