Garbage
day used to mean pitching out old newspapers, bottles and soup cans
with the rest of the trash. Today many Canadian households are now
choosing to dispose of their junk in other ways.
Your
task is to determine how typical you are. For one week you will
be keeping track of what happens to the following waste products
in your home: paper, metal cans, glass bottles, plastics or products
requiring special disposal such as used oil, paint, tires, etc.
Bring
your results back to class. You will be comparing that data with
your class to see how typical you are. Using data collected by Statistics
Canada you will also be comparing your data with data collected
in Alberta and from across Canada.