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Learning Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
- Define recycling
- Explain why different types of plastics require different recycling systems
- Describe the three most common recycling technologies
- Describe the four main components of a plastics recycling system
- Describe the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle
- Explain the importance of continuous improvement in PDSA cycle
- Plan/set up a plastics recycling system, or enhance an existing system.
Lesson Content
INTRODUCTION
About This Lesson
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Taking Action
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Learning Objectives
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SECTION 1: MISSION HEALTHY OCEANS
Our Mission: Healthy Oceans
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Scale of ocean plastic pollution
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Challenges in managing land-based plastics
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Mitigating the challenges of land-based plastics
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Circular Economy for plastic waste
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SECTION 2: RECYCLING OVERVIEW
What is Recycling?
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A brief history of recycling
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A brief history of recycling (cont.)
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When is recycling achieved?
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What is wish-cycling?
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Stop being a wish-cycler!
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Ways to avoid wish-cycling
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SECTION 3: PLASTICS RECYCLING OVERVIEW
Plastic waste has value
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Recycling systems for different types of plastics
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What is a clean material stream?
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Preventing contamination in your plastics stream
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Sorting your plastics until the stream is clean
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What is a material recovery facility?
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Recycling technologies for plastic waste
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1. Mechanical Recycling
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1. Mechanical Recycling (cont’d)
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2. Advanced Recycling
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2. Advanced Recycling (cont’d)
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Diversity of Advanced Recycling (illustration)
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3. Biological Recycling
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Video 1: Bacteria breaking down plastic waste
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Video 2: Fungi breaking down plastic waste
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Video 3: Mealworms breaking down plastic
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SECTION 4: COMPONENTS OF PLASTICS RECYCLING SYSTEMS
About plastics recycling systems
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Managing loss of reprocessed materials
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Importance of transportation to plastics recycling
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Using audits to improve your recycling system
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Plastics recycling in action – Ocean Legacy
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SECTION 5: CREATING A PLASTICS RECYCLING SYSTEM
Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) Cycle
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Committing to Continuous Improvement
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QUIZ
You’ve reached the end of Lesson 8!
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Lesson 8 – Final Quiz
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