We’ve been studying the 3 R’s (reduce, reuse, recycle). Today we discussed decomposition of items in landfills. We were shocked to discover items such as plastic water bottles can take 450 years to decompose. Today’s driving question was: Which dumped items are least harmful to our environment? We submerged a styrofoam egg carton and a paper egg carton in water to see which one would break down more quickly. This promoted so many good conversations about recycling and reusing items. Today’s results were interesting, but we cannot wait to see what happens to the cartons as they are left in water over the weekend!
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