Paper making with BNZ

I found paper making really interesting because it makes good use of  recycled paper.
It"s a really hard job to do.
1. First you shred the old paper.
2. Next you soak it in water.

3. Then you blend it all together with a blender.

4. The next thing you do is push the mixture through a sieve,to drain the water .
5. Then you  push it down to make paper.
6. Then you take it out side and tip  it out.


by Lachie James

Air pollution/Global warming fact file

• Plastic is a big part of air pollution because plastic is  made of oil which is a fossil fuel meaning that it is a non-renewable fuel which can only be used once.

• Uranium is another type of fossil fuel that can be mined in Europe/Australia and Canada.

• When plastic is burned it can turn into greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide, which causes global warming and destroys bits and flakes off our atmosphere.

• Also when too much plastic is incinerated [in other countries] it causes pollution.

•  In China too many gases were spread around and they have caused a high level of air pollution.

BY ANTON WEIR

Sustainability at Home by Sian Crichton

My family works hard to care for our environment.

Marnie and I both walk to school every morning, and walk back home every afternoon.

Since my Mum rolled her ankle, she has to drive to get to work, but before that she has been walking every day.

My Dad grows his own veggies, and often let's me take some home for Mum to cook.

My half step-dad is very careful about what goes in the recycling bin, making sure that only things that can be recycled go into the green bin. We put in things like coke cans, milk bottles, tissue boxes and lots more.

Instead of using power by the heat pump, we use the fire, which is only put on if it is really cold.

When paper is unwanted when the printer doesn't print properly or drawings are discarded, I put it back into the printers print box so that the other side can be reused again.

Small clothes, old toys, read books or small shoes get put into a box and are taken to my 7 year old half step-sister Fay.

Before school, Marnie and I are in charge of turning off the power, including lights and switching off the TV.

Mum had the idea of having a recycling bin for inside. It's for the smaller recyclable things like tissue boxes, junk mail and magazines.

WHAT I DO AT HOME By Lewis Adamson

My family uses reusable shopping bags when we go to the supermarket so we prevent using plastic bags reusable bags hold more things.

Because we use reusable bags there will be

less plastic around.

My vege garden gives my family free vegetables to cook.

I think that my family are doing our bit for the environment.  If everybody did their little bit the world would be a lot better off!

Alexandra Wastebusters by Danielle Croy

“Yay” I said to Amelia we are here. I raced across to the other end of the bus. “Thank you” I cheerfully said to the bus driver as I got off.  I could smell the disgusting stench of rubbish all over the dirty ground YUCK!. It smelt like mouldy cheese.

I saw all of the rubbish all over the ground, crunch, crunch went the rubbish under our feet. Broken up bits of milk bottles crushed into the dirt.   I could see all the rubbish stacked in big piles.  There were bundles of cardboard, broken up cars, and piles of old wood scraps.

Boom... streak,  a big hand with sharp teeth like a claw grabbed the pile of rubbish and dumped it on to the pile of other rubbish. Crashing down with a loud thump.

We walked around to a big container,  it was full of empty beer bottles all different colours, shapes and sizes.  The big blue container was almost

full and ready to be shipped off to Singapore, where more glass bottles would be made.

It was now time to board the bus and head back to school, I learnt a lot about our rubbish and where it goes.

SUSTAINABILITY AT HOME By Kaia Hutchinson

My family recycles all the things that can be recycled. We pass down - tops, pants, dresses and toys to friends and family.  We also pass down unwanted books and shoes.

Instead of throwing out all these items, we share them around with others, this is helping the environment, by not filling the rubbish dump!

We have a worm farm to put our compost in.  We use the worm castings on our vegetable gardens.  I have short showers so I don’t waste water.

My family like to help the environment when we can.

SUSTAINABILITY AT HOME By Caleb McKinlay

I grow vegetables at my house with my Dad. We eat everything that we grow.

I have my own little compost bin that I put all my scraps into and the worms eat it making good compost for our garden.

My family uses reusable bags when we go to the supermarket, to prevent the amount of plastic produced.

We know for a fact that the wasted plastic bags end up in the ocean, killing turtles and other marine life.