CONTENTS The Battle to Save Earth 4 Swap Your Toys 8 Get Wise to Packaging 12 Save Your Books 16 Keep Your Consoles 20 Beware Batteries 24 Eco Activity Make Your Own Slimy Toy 28 Glossary 30 Read More 31 Learn More Online 31 Index 32 W
THE BATTLE TO SAVE EARTH Do you prefer to play board games flip through the pages of a book or game on a screen Whichever way you have fun you are one of billions of people using products for entertainment and they're not so fun when they pile up as waste But you can battle this waste without sacrificing the fun by being a wise waste warrior The Three Problems with Waste Heaps of Garbage We toss more than half our trash into landfills But when waste breaks down in landfills it can harm our environment Plastic can leak harmful things into the soil and air Waste in landfills lets off methane gas as it breaks down On top of that the waste just sits there stored for a future generation to deal with That is why waste warriors avoid creating waste We have created landfills to deal with our huge amounts of waste
Wasted Resources Electronic game consoles and robotic toys contain metals such as copper silver and aluminum which must be mined from the ground Earth has a limited amount of these natural resources Not being responsible with these metal toys wastes our planet's resources Polluted Planet Toys and games are The process of made all over the world When these products mining for metals harms our planet are transported to kids in other places fuel because it is burned to power the engines of planes creates pollution boats trucks and trains Burning fossil fuels such as gasoline releases carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the air These gases trap the sun's heat around Earth and raise the temperature of the air and ocean The increase in temperature is causing global climate change Plastic toys and games can take up to 1,000 years to break down when they are thrown away
