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The Garbage Diet: A Skit The Garbage Diet: A Skit (Adapted from Wrap Sessions: Town of Islip Recycling Curriculum Dept of Environmental Control, Town of Islip, NY)   GRADE LEVELS: 4-6   SUBJECT AREAS: social studies   CONCEPT: We all can work to reduce the amount of waste we produce. OBJECTIVE: To help students to think of lifestyle changes that would produce less waste. MATERIALS: table and chairs, garbage can, and old radio   KEYWORDS: reduce, reuse   PROCEDURE: CAST 1) Mother - 42 years old, Mrs. Linda Green, Engineer 2) Father - 42 years old, Mr. Ken Green, Teacher 3) Teenager - 16 years old, Maria Green 4) Elementary school-age child - 8 years old, Joseph Green 5) Neighbor - Mrs Gray 6) Relative - Aunt Alice, from New Jersey 7) Grandparent - Grandma (or Grandpa) 70 years old 8) Dawn (Maria's friend) - 16 years old 9) Narrator   BACKGROUND INFORMATION   MOTHER: Mrs. Green works as an engineer. She works hard at her job because she wants her family to have things.

She leaves home about 7 a.m. Each day and returns about 6 p.m. She commutes to her job. Green works as a teacher. He leaves home about 7:30 a.m. And returns about 3:30 p.m.

Then he starts to cook dinner and do other household chores. MARIA: High School student. Very popular. Does well in school. JOSEPH: Third grade student. Very interested in the environment, which he is now learning about in school. GRANDMOTHER: Born in 1918.

She has seen many changes. When she was born there was no TV or radio and almost no one owned a car.

THE PLAY   NARRATOR: The play begins with Mr. Green, Maria, and Joseph sitting around the table eating dinner. GREEN: What did you do in school today, Joseph? JOSEPH: Well, we learned about garbage, Dad. GREEN: Garbage?

Are you kidding? I don't think that's a subject for the dinner table, Joseph. JOSEPH: Oh, but it is. Driscoll says each person makes 3-4 pounds of garbage everyday.

For homework she told us to make a list of some of the things in our garbage. MARIA: I don't make four pounds of garbage a day. Driscoll says teenagers make more than four pounds of garbage a day. MARIA: I don't believe that. I'll bet you make more garbage than I do. JOSEPH: Bet I don't. GREEN: Why don't you have a contest to see who can make the least amount of garbage in a week?

JOSEPH: We could all do it. JOSEPH: Could we Dad? I could write about it and get extra credit. GREEN: Well, OK, but just for a week. GREEN: I suggest that instead of a contest we make it a family project.

Let's separate things that get thrown out from things that could be reduced, re-used, or recycled. JOSEPH: That will reduce the amount of trash that goes to the landfill, Mom! GREEN: Is everyone agreed? EVERYONE: 'OK' NARRATOR: It's now a quarter to seven in the morning. Maria and Joseph are eating breakfast. JOSEPH: Now remember, Maria, newspaper in one pile, then there are cans for deposit, no-deposit cans, bottles for deposit, no-deposit bottles, food scraps, plastic. MARIA: I can't remember all that.

Who cares about garbage anyway. I'm too busy. JOSEPH: It's important, Maria.

If we don't do something about the garbage, we're going to have serious problems. MARIA: Like what?

JOSEPH: For one thing, we won't have any place to put it! For another, it really hurts the water.

MARIA: That's not my problem. GREEN: Hey kids - it's getting late. Joseph your lunch is on the counter. JOSEPH: But Mom, you used plastic. Plastic is not recyclable. GREEN: Joseph, what should we do? JOSEPH: Maybe I'll save this clean plastic bag and re-use it tomorrow.