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Task 1

How Typical Are You?

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.

 

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