Where do autumn leaves go?

- Where do leaves go?

- To the rubbish dump. Where else should they go? They are rubbish, aren't they?

- And what is done with the leaves?

- What can be done? They are mixed with the rubbish and ... 

- Isn' there any possibility to recycle them?.

- What can rubbish be recycled for? It's rubbish, isn't it?

– Do you burn them? What do you do with them?

-If we wanted to burn them, we would burn them here. We take them to the rubbish bump and mix with the rubbish heap.

– Can we come to the rubbish dump with you?

- No, you can't. What should you come for, dear children? It's only rubbish, there is nothing interesting. We don't go there either. The lorry goes there empties and comes back.  

- We are trying to solve ecoproblems, we are trying to lead a wasteless mode of life. For example, we collect the leaves, bury them in the soil and they begin to moulder slowly and turn into humus.

– Go away, children. Don't you have any lessons? Do not disturb me. This is our work. We are taking this rubbish to Village 4. You may go there if you want. Leave us alone.. I can't give you the rubbish. The workers got angry with us and we had to thank them and be off.

PS. Children should get an ecological education at an early age. they should learn how to live a wasteless mode of life. We are just beginning to have some achievements in this field, and we can't convince such people in anything. They are doing their job and consider us to be in their way.

Learners of Grade 8 Luiza Avagyan, Sona Mayilyan, Robert Simonyan

Teacher-supervisor Martha Asatryan

Translated into English by Davit Shahinyan