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GAME: Build your recycling tower:
Here are only recycled object. The aim of the game if to match an object with what it is made of
(the recycled material it is made of). For instance, a pen can be made of recycled plastic, so you must pick
a card saying plastic and a card saying pen.
The recycling tower is supposed to be filled up collectively. For the tower, see FIGURE D.
However, each player takes its turn.
Cut individually, then place the cards, in FIGURE E, face down before you.
Pick up two cards from the ones face down. If the cards do not match, replace them both on the ground,
face down, for the an other payer to try his turn.
You can fill up the tower only 2 cards at a time together in its own bin.
For instance, if you pick up the cards saying pencil and magazine, return them face down before you; you
have lost your turn. A pen and a cassette for instance should go both in the plastic bin if picked at the
same time because they are both made of recycled plastic. Try again for a second pick up!
Discuss the cards together, in-group.
Notice that you can sometimes match the same object with different materials. Make your choice!
Notice! Some cards are misleading on purpose, just to make you think more.
The Tower of recycled Objects
Other
Cotton
Rubber
Plastic
Organic
Steel
Glass
Aluminum:
Paper:
FIGURE D
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Can
Racket
Bottle
Lumber
Playground
Toy
Tennis
Jar
Pipe
Park benches
Tray
Canoe
Carpet
Trash can
Newspaper
Lunch box
Bicycle
Snowsuit
Sleeping bag
Magazine
Phone book
Postcard
Poster
Cardboard
Game board
Bag
Sweater
Dog coat
Paving road
Runway
High quality paper
Battery
Sponge
Razor blade
Toothpaste
Sponge
Soap
Pot
Broom fiber
Hose
Phone card
Shower curtain
Curtain
Shoes
Box
Quality envelopes
Potting mix
Sac
Eraser
Book
FIGURE E
Some answers for both games:
Glass: Windows are not necessarily recyclable. Plate glass contains a chemical called boron; car
windshields contain plastic; crystals contain lead; mirrors are backed with silver; light bulbs cannot be
recycled but they are smashed then used in road construction.
Paper: Do not recycle anything with adhesive, including “post-it” notes, envelopes, address labels.
Do not recycle fax paper, NCR paper or blueprints since they have chemicals coatings in it.
Plastic: There are 50 different kinds of plastic.
The book of Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason called Ill Wind is a good science-fiction book explaining
that our world is made of plastic. If all the plastic in the world would dissolve, we would not have fridge,
no electricity, no windows, etc. We are so much surrounded by plastic, that we do not really notice it.
Plastic is to be found in most machines, packaging, plumbing, stationery…
The main types of plastic are designed by: PET, HDPE, PVC, LDPE, Polypropylene and Polystyrene.
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