ARL - Reduce and Re-use

When we consider using and disposing of packaging, there are lots of options. Recycling is just one of the ways that we can recover valuable resources from packaging. Reducing our consumption of packaging and making more use of re-usable packaging is a preferable approach to reducing the consumption of valuable resources.

In this lesson students will explore the waste hierarchy and consider alternatives to recycling. They will critically evaluate their consumption of packaging and think creatively to come up with ways to reduce and re-use. Finally, they will apply their learning to a real world challenge by encouraging their family to change their consumption behaviours.
The lessons in this unit explore the purpose of the Australasian Recycling Label (ARL) and how to translate this understanding into environmental action. We recommend this lesson be used as part of a sequence of learning within this unit.