The study also showed that people are throwing away less electronic waste than they did in 2017. This is partly because electronic items are getting lighter and more people are recycling. But, many people still have unused electronic items at home that could be used better. Nadiya Catel-Arutyunova, who advises on sustainability at the British Retail Consortium, reminded that stores selling electronics have to help customers get rid of their old electronic items, no matter where they bought them.
Material Focus is a group that does not make money and works to promote recycling. It gets money from fees paid by electronic makers when they don't recycle enough, as required by the government. The group is asking people to recycle their electronics and is giving information on where to recycle locally through the Recycle Your Electricals website.
Original news source: Nearly half a billion small tech items thrown away (BBC)
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Warm-up Activities:
– Charades
Instructions: Divide the class into small groups. Give each group a list of electronic items mentioned in the article (cables, lights, mini fans, single-use vapes, etc.). One student from each group will act out a word from the list without speaking, while the rest of the group tries to guess the word.
– News Summary
Instructions: Have the students read the article individually or in pairs. Afterward, ask them to write a summary of the article in their own words. Then, have them share their summaries with a partner and compare their answers.
– Opinion Poll
Instructions: Prepare a list of questions related to the article, such as "Do you recycle your electronic items?" or "Should stores be responsible for helping customers recycle their old electronic items?". Have students walk around the classroom and ask their classmates the questions, recording their responses. Afterward, have a class discussion to share the results.
– Vocabulary Pictionary
Instructions: Create a list of vocabulary words from the article, such as "recycle", "electronic waste", "sustainability", etc. Divide the class into teams and give each team a word to illustrate through a quick drawing. The team that guesses the correct word first gets a point.
– Keyword Hangman
Instructions: Choose several keywords from the article and write a series of blanks on the board to represent the letters in each word. Have the students take turns guessing letters to fill in the blanks. If a student guesses a correct letter, write it in the corresponding space. If they guess incorrectly, start drawing a hangman. The students must guess the keyword before the hangman is complete.
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A study by Material Focus found that people in the UK threw away almost 500 million small electronic items last year. These items, like cables, lights, mini fans, and single-use vapes, are the fastest type of electronic . Every home has about 30 unused electronic items that are just collecting . These items have useful materials like copper wires and lithium batteries that can be recycled, so Focus is asking people to recycle them instead of them away. The also showed that people are throwing away less electronic waste than they did in 2017. This is partly because electronic items are getting lighter and more people are recycling. But, many people still have unused items at that could be used better. Nadiya Catel-Arutyunova, who advises on sustainability at the British Retail , reminded that stores selling electronics have to help customers get rid of their old electronic items, no matter where they bought them. Material Focus is a group that does not make and works to promote recycling. It gets money from fees by electronic makers when they don't recycle enough, as required by the government. The group is people to recycle their electronics and is giving information on where to recycle locally through the Recycle Your Electricals website.
π¬ Discussion Questions:
1. What are some examples of small electronic items that people throw away?
2. How would you feel if you found out that your home has 30 unused electronic items?
3. Do you like recycling? Why or why not?
4. What do you think are some useful materials that can be found in electronic items?
5. How would you feel if you found out that people are throwing away less electronic waste than before?
6. Do you have any unused electronic items at home? If yes, what are they and why haven't you used them?
7. What do you think stores selling electronics should do to help customers get rid of their old electronic items?
8. What is Material Focus and what is their goal?
9. Do you think it's important to recycle electronics? Why or why not?
10. Have you ever recycled any electronic items? If yes, where did you recycle them?
11. How do you think Material Focus gets money to promote recycling?
12. Have you ever visited the Recycle Your Electricals website? If yes, what information did you find there?
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