Play it cool: Nice to mow you - answer

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A) Dave empties the grass clippings into the rubbish bin

Picture of Max

Max says "Get with it Dad!

Organic waste, like grass clippings, produces lots of methane in rubbish dumps as it breaks down. But if you leave the clippings to scatter over the lawn, almost no methane is produced.

Put other organic waste, such as kitchen scraps, in your garden compost heap. This means more oxygen can get into the waste to help it decay (because you have smaller piles of it in your garden than the huge piles in a rubbish dump) and less methane is produced."

Did you know?

45% of the average rubbish bag could be composted - that's a huge waste of space in our rubbish dumps.

More cool ideas

  • Plant a tree in your garden - it's fun and best of all, trees gobble up the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
  • Make sure you put all paper, glass, plastic and tin items into your recycling bin.

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Last updated: 18 June 2009