Oregon's Bottle Bill Reaches Huge Milestone
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Grades9, 10, 11, 12Economics, Civics, English Language Arts
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What it is
- This brief article discusses Oregon's Bottle Bill, what the law has accomplished, and the future of this law's implementation.
- Students will learn that Oregon's Bottle Bill is a decades-old program that pays citizens to recycle, that this law has removed a large amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and the program's next steps will make it easier for people to earn money from recycling.
Teaching tips
Positives
- This article is concise and easy for high schoolers to understand.
- This article provides exact data that is useful for comprehension.
Additional Prerequisites
- Students need to have a basic understanding of climate change.
- Students should know the following words: redemption, litter, distributor, metric tons, and fossil fuels.
Differentiation
- This article could supplement a lesson on different solutions to the global climate crisis.
- After reading the article, the teacher could lead a classroom discussion on how students can fight climate change on an individual level.
- This article could augment a lesson on the Oregon government's effectiveness at dealing with climate change.
- This article could enhance a discussion on how governments could provide financial incentives to encourage citizens to live more sustainably.
From the scientist review
This article discusses the success of Oregon’s Bottle Bill recycling program as of the year 2022. This article links to information about the history of the bill and all of the data published. Information about how the program works, its funding, how profits are used, and why it has been successful are discussed. Resources are linked in the article. This resource is recommended for teaching.
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