They also appreciated the homework assignment in which they had to solve a simulated problem in the healthcare system and present their solutions, "it is a trigger for some interesting discussions" (resident 4), and "a homework assignment serves as a big stick to ensure that you delve into the material" (resident 1).
All materials advise residents to wash fruit and vegetables before eating, however, in the Port Pirie materials, residents are told in addition, to "leave skins on fruit and vegetables whenever possible" [ 63] for nutritional reasons, but in the Mount Isa materials, residents are told to "always…peel root vegetables before eating" [ 69].
In the Broken Hill materials residents are told that they should not drink rainwater but are advised to use it on the garden without specifying whether they should avoid watering their vegetable gardens with this water [ 56].
In the Mount Isa materials, residents are told that rainwater can be "an exposure source" and that boiling water will "not remove lead", but no specific advice not to drink it or use it for other purposes is given [ 37].
When we organized a trip to our local recycling facility so we could get a handle on the afterlife of our garbage, it was heartening to see how much material the residents and businesses of Santa Monica are able to recycle, but I still felt taken aback by the sheer volume of it -- all those boxes, cans, packages, and wrappers squeezed into bales and stacked into heaps many stories high.
All material instructed residents about properly securing trash in bear-proof containers.
The clothes, pots, toys and recycled materials its residents produce earn them millions of dollars in annual exports alone.
Responses were given to research questions concerning particular components of implementation such as what materials the residents are willing to recycle; how many recycling bins or bags could be located at home; the type of collection of separated waste; what economic incentives should be imposed; how responsibility for the collection of recyclables should be shared among relevant agencies.
Only in the Mount Isa materials are residents provided with specific recommendations on how often wet mopping should occur "at least once a week," and Mount Isa residents are also told to "regularly" clean their mops [ 59].
Only in the Broken Hill materials are residents specifically told that soil contamination beyond Australian standards is widespread and that "bare soil and dust is the biggest source of lead and risk to children" [ 53].
