The 4Rs

Environment
al Principle
 Why should we care for our
environment?

1. A Clean Environment 2. Global Warming

Is Essential for
Healthy Living For the sake of our children
and our future, we must do
The more you don’t care about
more to combat climate
our environment, the more it change.
will become polluted with
contaminants and toxins that
have a harmful impact on our
health.

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 Why should we care of our
environment?

3. Biodiversity is 4. Earth Is Our Home

Important
Biodiversity refers to the As Humans are the main
inhabitants of this planet, it
variety of plants, animals, and
is our duty and
other living things in our world.
responsibility to take care
it can be negatively influenced
of it. Ensuring the life of
by habitat loss and this planet is also for the
degradation due to human benefit of humankind.
activity, climate change, and
pollution, among other things.

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 Are you aware of what
problem we are currently
facing?

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 PLASTIC
POLLUTION
Plastic pollution has
become one of the
most pressing
environmental issues, as
rapidly increasing
production of disposable
plastic products
overwhelms the world’s
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 The conveniences plastics offer, however, led to
a throw-away culture that reveals the material’s
dark side: today, single-use plastics account for
40 percent of the plastic produced every year.

Many of these products, such as plastic

bags and food wrappers, have a lifespan of
mere minutes to hours, yet they may persist in
the environment for hundreds of years.

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 Did you know that…

⪢ Half of all plastics ever

manufactured have been made
in the last 15 years.

⪢ Production increased
exponentially, from 2.3 million
tons in 1950 to 448 million tons
by 2015. Production is expected
to double by 2050.

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 Did you know that…

⪢ Every year, about 8 million tons of

plastic waste escapes into the oceans
from coastal nations.
⪢ Plastics often contain additives making
them stronger, more flexible, and
durable. But many of these additives
can extend the life of products if they
become litter, with some estimates
ranging to at least 400 years to break

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 MICROPLASTIC
S

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 MICROPLASTICS

Once at sea, sunlight, Microplastics are

wind, and wave action breaking down further
break down plastic into smaller and smaller
waste into small pieces. Plastic
particles, often less than microfibers, meanwhile,
one-fifth of an inch have been found in
across. These so-called municipal drinking
microplastics are spread water systems and
throughout the water drifting through the air.
column and have been
found in every corner of
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 WHAT IS THE 4Rs
ENVIRONMENTAL
PRINCIPLE?

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 REFUSE

REDUCE

REUSE

RECYCLE

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 REFUSE
⪢ Start bringing metal straws and
coffee tumblers for your drinks
⪢ Use eco-bags whenever you go
shopping instead of using paper
and plastic bags
⪢ Avoid buying individually packaged
candy
⪢ Opt to receive your bills online
instead of getting paper bills
⪢ Avoid using disposable plates,
utensils, and cups
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 REDUCE
⪢ Instead of buying cheap clothes you’ll
need to replace in a few months, invest
in well-made items that will last you for
years
⪢ Take good care of your clothes, shoes,
and bags so they don’t wear out as
quickly
⪢ Instead of using paper filters when you
make your coffee, look for a coffee
machine with a reusable filter, or switch
to a French press.
⪢ Donate old clothes and any items that
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 REUSE

⪢ Use a chipped mug as a pen or

toothbrush holder
⪢ Keep ribbons from Christmas gifts
and use them to wrap your
presents
⪢ Re-use old jars, pots, bottles, and
plastic containers
⪢ Purchase rechargeable batteries
⪢ Compost coffee grounds and tea
bags and use them as fertilizer
⪢ Turn single-use plastics into
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 RECYCLE
⪢ As we've mentioned, after
refusing, reducing, and reusing,
recycling is the last resort in the
waste management hierarchy.
Make sure to properly sort and
clean your items before
bringing them to recycling
centers. You can even make
some extra cash by selling your
stuff to junk.
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 References:

https://www.eraenvironnement.com/reasons-why-we-sh
ould-care-about-the-8927-environment/#sthash.EhcHc
x2u.dpbs

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habit
ats/plastic-pollution/

https://www.esquiremag.ph/culture/lifestyle/how-to-redu
ce-plastic-waste-four-rs-a00225-20180806

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 THANK YOU!!

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