Harry The Hamster!

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Harry The Hamster!
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A Whole Lot Of Rubbish.

• Harry looked around in amazement. He counted the
  school children, 32 in all. They all listened
  carefully to the tour guide who showed them
  around the landfill. The teacher took lots of
  photos along the way.
• Learn all about what happens to our rubbish at
  the Landfill Site, just as Harry did.

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What is a Landfill?

• Every week trucks come to our homes and schools
  to collect our rubbish, but where does it go? It
  goes to Landfill.
• A landfill site is a huge hole in the ground
  which is being filled up with rubbish.

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Whats in a landfill?

• Its like a giant rubbish bin. Large earth movers
  dig a pit, they cover the bottom of the pit with
  a thick layer of waterproof clay. The clay is
  then covered with soil and then layers of trash
  and soil and eventually the pit is full and
  covered over with a layer of grass.

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So Whats The Problem?

• Isnt that a great idea? thought Harry, Cover
  over all the rubbish with lovely grass, so whats
  the problem?
• He listened carefully as the tour guide
  explained. Harry soon realised that throwing all
  of our rubbish away was not a good idea.

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Smelly Smelly.

• People dont want to live near a landfill site.
• They can cause a lot of bad smells in the area.

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Flying Rubbish.

• Rubbish often flies away in the strong wind and
  people living near a landfill worry about rats
  and mice near their house.

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Dirty Water.

• People also worry that rainwater that soaks
  through the rubbish will eventually end up in
  their homes.

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Landfills Cause Lots of Problems.

• Harry was happy to be inside the cosy handbag.
  All this talk of smells and dirty water was
  making him feel ill again. He kept listening to
  the tour guide.

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Very Little for Landfill.

• As Larry listened carefully, he realised that we
  should put very little in our landfill bin.
• We should ask ourselves three questions. Harry
  Listened very carefully because he wanted to
  remember the 3 questions which he must answer No
  to. Will you be able to remember them too?

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Compost.

• Can I compost it?

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Recycling

• Can it be recycled?

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Is it Dangerous Waste.

• The tour guide explained that some people throw
  very dangerous things into their rubbish bins.
  The teacher took some photos. Harry wondered why
  these items were dangerous. Can you help him?

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Paint Motor Oil
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Bulbs. Batteries.
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Old Medicine. Waste oil.
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Cleaners. Phones.
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Landfill.

• After Harry had listened to the three questions.
• 1.Can I compost it?
• 2 Can it be recycled?
• 3 Is it dangerous waste?
• He realised that very little waste should go
  into your landfill bin.
• Can you think of some items?

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Harry Returns Home.

• So, as Harry hoped on the bus and returned to the
  school to find Jacks school bag, he was glad to
  have his adventure. He learned that very little
  should end up in our landfill bin. Some items can
  last for hundreds of years in a landfill and this
  is not good for the environment.
• Harry has one last message for everyone

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Say NO to Landfills!!
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Kids
Reduce the amount of rubbish you throw away. If
we all work together we will use up less landfill
space
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Slán go Fóill Harry Hamster