This presentation is the result of the work of the Italian group, developed by classes 2°B and 2°C with the coordination of their two English teachers: Patrizia Giarola and Manuela Frassi of Liceo Scientifico Gaspare Aselli, during the

current school year 2006/2007.

All the data and information has been analysed and compared with those of the other

countries involved in the project (UK-D-CZ); they have been commented on and the results are shown here. We hope we have proceeded

in the correct way.

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The first step was having the target students fill in the questionnaire. As with noticed many similarities in the

answers given, we decided to consider an average student to

represent all of us. The result has been represented on our website in

the form of pie-charts.

THIRD QUESTION: How many people do you live with?

SECOND QUESTION: Which environment best describes where you live?

FIRST QUESTION: Where do you live?

FOURTH QUESTION: How would you say most members of your family prefer to travel?

SEVENTH QUESTION: What does your family recycle?

SIXTH QUESTION: How much does your family recycle?

FIFTH QUESTION: Does your house have solar panels?

TENTH QUESTION: In your family who recycles most?

NINTH QUESTION: In the last week, how many of the following items have been recycled in your home?

EIGHTH QUESTION: How does your family recycle?

FOURTEENTH QUESTION: For the person in your family who has completed the most schooling where do they rank?

THIRTEENTH QUESTION: What facilities do you think should be provided at school?

TWELFTH QUESTION: Which facilities do you think should be provided for home?

ELEVENTH QUESTION: Do you think your family would recycle more if more facilities were provided to do so?

The second step was the comparison of some questions from the recycling

questionnaire, talking about the four different countries involved in the

project. It was not an easy task as there was a lot to do, but we managed to

reach our goal.

By analysing the graphics of questions 2 and 8, we arrived at the following conclusions:

The students of Sandwich live mostly in towns and villages, while the students from the other schools are

spread more evenly around the area.

Most of the students who live in the city of Cremona use both the home collection service and take things to a recycling facility. In

Sundern 63% take things to a recycling facility and in Postupika 76% use the home collection service.

The students who live in villages use both possibilities, with the exception of Postupika where 75% use the home collection service.

By observing the graphics of questions 6 and 14, we can conclude that:

German families have a secondary school education; in particular we can see that 40% of the families only reached the end of the

middle school. The families from Sandwich, Postupika and Cremona have a university education which include the majority.

The families with a university education recycle much more than the others. However this fact is not demostrated by the families from Sundern who, even with a lower level of education, show

particular attention to recycling.

Taking four sample families as a reference, each one with a different total of family members (from two to six people),

we observed that:

Nearly all of the students families from the four schools, regardless of number, pay particular attention to recycling;

in fact the response ‘quite a lot’ was the most common.

The smaller families (2 or 3 people) recycle much more that the larger families (5 or 6 people).

The origins of Cremona are not certain. Probably founded by the Etruscians, it’s true history began with the Romans who, in

218 B.C., formed an army in the Padana Valley to defend against the Barbarians.

Cremona had, and mostly still has, towers, walls and iron doors surrounded by a large moat. It resisted assaults by the

Barbarians and Hannibal of Africa, earning it’s status as a city in 90 B.C. and continued to thrive to the end of the Roman

Republic. Ransacked by Vespasiano’s soldiers in 69 A.C. after the second battle of Bedriaco, it was then reconstructed by

Vespiano himself, but it never regained it’s former prosperity.

After many struggles between the bishops and the population, Cremona united in 1098. In the 14th and 15th centuries, the city

was controlled by the Visconti family. They passed this responsibility to their daughter, Bianca Maria Visconti, and her

husband, Francesco Sforza in 1441. In the following years it was under Spanish rule, then under French rule in 1796 with Napoleon

and finally controlled by the Austrian Empire until 1848 when it became part of the Italian Kingdom.

Cremona is now the capital of the province. It is a quiet city on the banks of the Po river, dedicated above all to agriculture and the

food industry (one of the speciality products is nougat) but also to violin making.

Thanks to the craftsmanship of Stradivari and his successors, the people of Cremona have become world famous as expert violin

makers.

The Liceo Scientifico School of Cremona was founded in 1924, united with the “G.Vida” a secondary school in the same building. In 1936 it moved to it’s current site in Via Palestro where there are also other types of schools.

The building has four floors and also the addition of a basement level

which has various meeting rooms and a large gym.

There is an external cement courtyard contained within the

school building and another with grass that is shared with the

adjacent school.

There are also two large buildings on the school grounds with two

gyms in each and a pleasant grassy area with benches where the

students can relax.

Our school, although rich in history, is a modern school that is projecting itself into the future. Like few other schools in Italy, it offers great opportunities to its students; with extra courses specialised for individual needs, exams to obtain licences for driving, I.T., etc. and much much more…

Dopo il lavoro che avete avuto modo di osservare, abbiamo pensato che fosse doveroso parlare delle

modalità di riciclaggio che abbiamo nella nostra città di Cremona e nella sua provincia.

Inoltre, siamo andati ad intervistare il presidente provinciale dell’AEM (Azienda Energetica

Municipalizzata), chiedendogli di illustrarci le modalità di raccolta e riciclaggio, oltre che ai luoghi adibiti a tali scopi e ai problemi successivamente

sorti.

Waste recycling is a primary problem, that involves all the community. In the last years an increasing amount of waste has

called for an organized collection to preservation of the environment.Careful and widespread work allows us to take care of the

environment and to recycle many items.

- The differentiated waste collection is fulfilled in different ways:

Cremona:-street containers

-containers for appartnent buildings -door to door

-waste platform -free home collection of big and heavy items

Towns and villages in the province:-street containers

-door to door -small waste platform

- The undifferentiated waste collection is carried out this way:

Cremona:20% waste containers

80% door to door

Towns and villages in the province:100% door to door

In Cremona there are about 100 recycling points available to inhabitants where they can deposit paper,

plastic, cans, glass and used clothes. To correctly dispose of all the other types of waste (heavy, large, dangerous, etc.) it is possible to contact the waste

disposal site at San Rocco(Via S.Rocco) from Monday to Saturday from 8 to 12.30 and from 14 to 17. The AEM staff will take

domestic waste free of charge and assure the correct disposal of certain types of waste (household

appliances, etc.)

To facilitate transport and re-use of waste items, there is another point serving the local population which handles all materials

collected in Cremona and the surrounding area situated next to the site for differentiated collection.

There are crushers for paper and plastic packaging, containers for the storage of oils, household appliances, organic materials, etc. Large items: home collection. People who, for any reason,

are unable to take large or heavy household items to the S. Rocco recycling point can use the free home collection service by

calling the AEM Urban

  KG

  2005 2006

Glass 2.792.520 2.866.320

Paper 5.049.684 5.102.354

Plastic 464.677 508.458

Metal 665.920 752.039

Dangerous urban waste 312.845 327.446

Organic 2.648.623 3.219.110

Other materials 2.938.313 4.568.450

     

Total 14.872.582 17.344.177

     

Differentiated collection % 36,66% 40,78%

     

Large household objects 4.915 8.111

Where do you live?

Brescia 3%Piacenza 3%

Cremona; 94%

Which environment do you live?

village62%

town31%

city7%

How many live in your household?

4 people; 3%

5 people; 14%

6+ people; 45%

3 people; 38%

Prefer to travel

car; 83%

walk \ bike; 45%

bus \ train; 14%

Solar panels

no; 100%

How much your family reyicle?

e ; 0%d ; 3%

c ; 14%

b ; 45%

a ; 41%

Glass

yes ; 90%

no ; 10% How does your family recicle?

d ; 3%c ; 24%

b ; 39%

a ; 34%

Metal

yes; 41%

no; 59%

# glass items 175,0

# tins; 117,0

# plastic; 344,0

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Items have been recycled

Plasticno; 7%

yes; 93%

In your family who recycles most?

e;38%

d;0%

c;3%b;14%

a; 45%

Paper

no; 21%

yes; 79%

...More facilities...

don't know; 48%

no;14%

yes;38%

Clothes

yes; 41%

no; 59%

Coloured recycling bins

yes;31%

no;69%

Shoes

yes; 21%

no; 79%

Coloured recycling bags

yes;14%

no;86%

Books

yes; 17%

no; 83%

More frequent colletion

yes;48%

no;52%

Garden waste

yes; 52%

no; 48%

More collection points

yes;21%

no;79%

Printer cartridges

no; 79%

yes; 21%

Boxes for paper

yes;90%

no;10%

Batteries

yes; 76%

no; 24%

Bottle bank for glass

yes;3%

no;97%

Alluminium, medicines and other

yes; 10%

no; 90%

Bottle bank for plastic

yes;55%

no;45%

Schooling of people in your family

before15;0%

15/16;10%

18/19;17%

University;73%

Bins for cans

yes;86%

no;14%

Bins for batteries

no;10%

yes;90%

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