Chemistry of Everyday Things

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 11.05.08

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Strategies
  4. Pollution
  5. What are Plastic Water Bottles and Bags made of?
  6. Where does paper come from?
  7. Landfills
  8. Plastic bags in the environment
  9. Reducing the use of PET Water Bottles
  10. Recycling PET plastics and Polyethylene Plastic Bags
  11. Recycling, Reusing, or Disposing of Paper Products
  12. Appendix A: Endnotes
  13. Appendix B: Students Sources and Classroom Resources
  14. Appendix C: Implementing District Standards
  15. Appendix D: Student Activities

Trash – Seriously!

Ellen Shackelford

Published September 2011

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Appendix A: Endnotes

  1. "pollution (environment) — Britannica Online Encyclopedia." Encyclopedia - Britannica Online Encyclopedia. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/468070/pollution (accessed July 13, 2011).
  2. American Forest and Paper Association. "Paper Recycling." American Forest and Paper Association. www.paperrecycles.org (accessed July 14, 2011).
  3. "Recycling Plastic Bottles." Benefits of Recycling. http://www.benefits-of-recycling.com/recyclingplasticbottles.html (accessed July 14, 2011).
  4. Tammemagi, H. Y.The waste crisis: landfills, incinerators, and the search for a sustainable future. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
  5. Azapagic, Adisa, Alan Emsley, and Ian Hamerton.Polymers: the environment and sustainable development. West Sussex, England: J. Wiley, 2003.
  6. Andrady, Anthony.Plastics and the Environment. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2003.
  7. "Polymers." Michigan State University: Department of Chemistry. http://www2.chemistry.msu.edu/faculty/reusch/VirtTxtJml/polymers.htm (accessed July 21, 2011).
8. "Glatfelter plant tour, paper production, paper manufacturing & engineered products facility tour." Glatfelter, book papers, specialty papers, engineered paper products home. http://www.glatfelter.com/learning/tour_pop_up.aspx (accessed July 14, 2011).

9. Martin, Sam. "Natural Resources and Sustainability." Ecology.com. http://ecology.com/features/paperchase/index.html (accessed July 15, 2011).

10. Vaughn, Jacqueline.Waste management: a reference handbook. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2009.

11. "GRRN – Extended Facts on why Garbage is NOT Renewable Energy." GrassRoots Recycling Network Home. http://www.grrn.org/landfill/notrenewableenergy/technicalbackground.html (accessed July 18, 2011).

12. Freinkel, Susan.Plastic: a toxic love story. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.

13. "U.S. cities increasingly ban or tax plastic shopping bags." News, Travel, Weather, Entertainment, Sports, Technology, U.S. & World – USA TODAY.com.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/10/us-cities-ban-plastic-bags/1 (accessed July 18, 2011).

  1. Ferris, David. "Message in a Bottle."Sierra94, no. 3 (2009): 44-71,9. http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/search/basic?sid=acdc9c81-1231-4541-8c9f-109020db83ae%40sessionmgr10&vid=1&hid=21 (accessed July 14, 2011).
  2. "Natural Resources Defense Council." Bottled Water Pure Drink or Pure Hype? http://www.nrdc.org/water/drinking/bw/bwinx.asp (accessed July 14, 2011).
  3. Sean D Raj. 2005. Bottled Water: How Safe Is It? Water Environment Research 77, no. 7, (November 1): 301333-3018. http://www.proquest.com/ (accessed July 17, 2011).
  4. EPA. "Municipal Solid Waste Generation, Recycling, and Disposal in the United States: Facts and Figures for 2009." Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in the United States: Facts and Figures. http://www.epa.gov/osw/nonhaz/municipal/pubs/msw2009-fs.pdf (accessed July 11, 2011).
  5. "Using and Saving Energy Recycling." U.S. Energy Information Administration. http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=environment_recycling-basics (accessed June 1, 2010).
  6. Wolfe, Paige. "What Can be Made out of Recycled Materials?." E-How Money. http://www.ehow.com/way_5291740_can-made-out-recycled-materials.html (accessed July 16, 2011).

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