What are plant and animal waste?


Targets
At the end of this unit, you should be able to answer the following questions:

1. How is nature the perfect recycler?
1.1 What are plant and animal wastes?

1.2 How are plant and animal wastes recycled in nature?

1.3 What makes waste biodegradable?
2. What types of waste result from human activity?

2.1 What is toxic waste?

2.2 How is waste disposed of in your community?

2.3 How can we protect our natural resources?
3. How can we reduce the amount of waste produced?

3.1 How is a product made, used, and disposed?

3.2 Why is one packaging better than another is?

3.3 How have individuals and/or groups made a difference about waste in our world?
Targets
Have you ever seen a tree throw away a chip bag?  What about a hippopotamus tossing a piece of paper on the ground?  Of course not!

Animals and plants do not make waste the way humans do.  They do not discard plastic and paper packages!  They might leave the banana peels!  All organisms produce waste products somewhere.  Waste in nature is recycled and reused by nature.