THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Recycling

1. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Recycling

2. The problem with rubbish Most rubbish that is not recycled ends up being buried in a landfill site, like this one. There are over 1,500 in the UK, and we need more and more to cope with the amount of rubbish we throw out. Once they’re buried in a landfill site, some things like paper, card and food start to rot down (anaerobically), producing methane - a powerful greenhouse gas, and a toxic liquid called leachate. Other things, like plastic, cans and glass, don’t easily rot away - they’ll be there for hundreds, or even thousands of years.

3. Why should we recycle? Recycling transforms things. It’s all about making something old into something new so that you can enjoy them again and again. What happens to your recycling after you’ve put it into your recycling bin? It gets: • Taken to a recycling factory • Shredded into tiny pieces, melted down, or pulped • Re-made into something new, so you can enjoy things again, and again. Most of the things you might think of as rubbish could actually still have value; so before we just throw things away we should stop and think.

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8. What can you do? So now you know how important recycling is and that each action really does make a difference. But do you know exactly what you can recycle and where to find recycling facilities locally? Wheelie bins: Brown bins & hessian sacks are used for all recycling, grey bins are used for waste that can't be recycled or composted, and green bins are for garden waste. Local recycling banks: • South Sefton Household Waste Recycling Centre, Irlam Road, Bootle L20 4AE • Sefton Meadows Household Waste Recycling Centre, Sefton Lane, Maghull L31 8BX  • Southport Household Waste Recycling Centre, Foul Lane, Southport PR9 7RG  • Formby Household Waste Recycling Centre, Altcar Road, Formby L37 8DL School: Use the blue bins in and around school to ensure rubbish can be taken care of properly by the site team instead of littering our school site

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10. This is YOUR world and it’s up to all of us to do our bit to tackle climate change, conserve resources and protect the environment The amount of rubbish thrown away by homes in the UK every day is enough to fill 190 Olympic sized swimming pools and weighs as much as 12,000 elephants and that’s a real waste When you bin things, you’re filling up a landfill site around here. You’re wasting the natural resources and energy that went into making the items we use. And that has consequences. But if you recycle instead, then you’re helping to: • re-use valuable materials again and again • save energy and natural resources • preserve environments all over the world • reduce the amount we bury in landfill sites • reduce our contribution to climate change So remember: • There are lots of things we can all do to recycle more. Recycling is important and your actions really do make a big difference!

11. Each week TFTD will look at a recent news article which effects you as students and members of society. If you have any suggestions or read any relevant or interesting articles, please speak to Mrs Richards to get them included. Instagram biggest for child grooming online - NSPCC finds • Sex offenders are grooming children on Instagram more than on any other online platform, a charity has found. Police in England and Wales recorded 1,944 incidents of sexual communication with children in the six months to September 2018, the NSPCC said. Instagram was used in 32% of the 1,317 cases where a method was recorded, Facebook in 23% and Snapchat in 14%. Instagram and Facebook said they "aggressively" fought grooming, while Snapchat said it was "unacceptable". • Following pressure from campaigners, sexual communication with a child became an offence in April 2017. In the 18 months that followed, more than 5,000 online grooming offences were recorded by police, according to the data gathered by the NSPCC. The charity said the figures did not "fully reflect the scale of the issue", as many crimes went undetected or unreported. Where the police logged age and gender, seven out of 10 victims were girls aged 12 to 15. One in five was aged 11 or under. The youngest victim was five years old. The NSPCC said 39 of the 43 police forces in England and Wales responded to Freedom of Information requests, with only Surrey, Sussex, Northampton and City of London police failing to provide data. The children's charity is calling for new laws to force social media firms to do more to protect children. NSPCC chief executive Peter Wanless accused social media networks of "10 years of failed self-regulation". "These figures are overwhelming evidence that keeping children safe cannot be left to social networks. We cannot wait for the next tragedy • before tech companies are made to act," he said. • Ahead of the government publishing a delayed white paper on online harm, the charity is pushing for statutory regulation to enforce a legal duty of care to children on social networks, with a penalty of substantial fines if they fail. A National Crime Agency spokesperson said: "It is vital that online platforms used by children and young people have in place robust mechanisms and processes to prevent, identify and report sexual exploitation and abuse, including online grooming. Children and young people also need easy access to mechanisms allowing them to alert platforms to potential offending. • A spokesperson for Facebook, which also owns Instagram, said keeping young people safe was its "top priority. "We use advanced technology and work closely with the police and CEOP [Child Exploitation and Online Protection] to aggressively fight this type of content and protect young people.“ A Snapchat spokesperson said the exploitation of any member of its community, especially a young person, was "absolutely unacceptable". "We go to great lengths to prevent and respond to this type of illegal activity on our platform," they added. The platform recommends young people keep their privacy settings restricted, do not share their username publicly and do not add people they do not know as friends. A spokesperson from the Home Office said both the home secretary and culture secretary had "engaged tech firms about their responsibilities towards protecting people". • Last year the home secretary announced a £250,000 "innovation call" for organisations to help develop new ways to disrupt the live streaming of abuse. Do you use Instagram? Do you know how to stay safe online and avoid the dangers of this social media site?