ten little fingers - arvind gupta (4 mb pdf)

FROOTI FACTSThe Frooti carton is called a tetrapack. Tetrapacks are made by fusing together layers ofdifferent materials like plastic, aluminium, paper etc. into a single composite sheet. This wonderpackaging material apart from being very expensive is also very energy-intensive. Being nonbiodegradable,tetrapacks are very difficult to recycle. Nothing illustrates it better than the Frootipacket. The Frooti packet costs Rs. 8.00. The empty Frooti carton itself costs Rs. 1.50 -perhaps more than the drink itself!1. The dimensions of aFrooti packet are length6.2 cm, breadth 4.0cm, and height 8.0 cm.The area of crosssectionof a Frootipacket is 6.2 cm x 4.0cm., which approximatesto 25 sq, cm. Itsheight is 8 cms.2. Flatten out the Frooti pack and cut off itstop lid. Reshape it again into a container.3. The container with aheight of 8 cm will havea 200 ml. capacity.4. The containerwith a height of 6cm will have a 150ml. capacity.5. The containerwith a height of 4cm will have a100 ml. capacity.6. The containerwith a height of 2cm will have a 50ml. capacity.7. As Frooti packets are water proof, unbreakable and collapsible they are idealcontainers for measuring volume, lliey can be used to approximate volumes of200-ml, 150-ml, 100-ml and 50-ml. Dhara packets can be used to measure1000 ml or 1 litre. The Frooti container can also be used as a collapsible tumblerfor drinking water during a journey. Afterwards you can flatten and tuck away thetumbler in your pocket.Frooti Funnel8. A useful funnel can be instantly made outof a Frooti packet. Flatten a Frooti packetand cut it along the diagonal and also makea small cut at the bottom right hand corner.9. The Frooti funnelis very handy forpouring out oil,kerosene and otherliquids. It can alsobe flattened andstored away easily.