1. Recycling – the new conversion of waste products into new materials
A recycled aluminium can saves enough energy to run a television for three hours.
If all the aluminium cans in the UK were recycled there would be 14 million fewer dustbins each year.

2. Primary recycling – second hand use of items
Primary recycling – second hand use of items. Examples – charity shops, e bay, giving stuff away to friends/family
Secondary recycling – waste materials are recycled into different types of products. Example – a large corriflute sign could be chopped up and used as plant labels
Tertiary recycling – when products are broken down and reformulated. Example – plastic bottles can be recycled into fibres and then respun to make polyester to make a fleece
Disassembly – reprocessing materials for use in new products

4. True or False
Recycled paper has a greater impact on the environment than new paper
Using 200gsm paper uses twice as much wood pulp as using 100gsm paper
Chlorine bleach is used to make recycled paper white enough to be suitable for sale
You can keep on recycling paper as may times as you like
If you put paper into landfill it produces harmful methane gas
Making paper uses masses of the worlds energy supply F
2. T
3. T
4. F
5. T
6. T

6. What materials can be recycled?

7. Recyclable materials Glass Paper and card Metals Wood Textiles
Electronics
Tyres
Plastics
Food waste

8. What do you / your family recycle?
Go onto this website
Put in you postcode and see what can be recycled in your area
Make a list in your sketchbook of what can be recycled from your house and what you do actually recycle.

9. Watch 4 mini films about the recycling centre and recycling cans, plastic and glass

10. How is paper recycled?
Paper is one of the easiest materials to recycle. Paper is collected from our kerbside or recycling banks by local authorities and waste management companies.
Once the paper is collected it is then:
Sorted, graded and delivered to a paper mill.
Once at the paper mill it is added to water and then turned into pulp.
The paper is then screened, cleaned and de-inked through a number of processes until it is suitable for papermaking.
It is then ready to be made into new paper products such as newsprint, cardboard, packaging, tissue and office items.
It can take just seven days for a newspaper to go through the recycling process and be transformed into recycled newsprint which is used to make the majority of Britain’s national daily newspapers.

11. Recycled paper can be made into a wide range of everyday products including:
newspapers
magazines
printing paper
cardboard
tissue
loft insulation

12. What products are made from recycled materials?

13. What do these sustainability symbols mean?

14. Task
Design an advertising campaign to encourage people to recycle more. Or
Design a recycling system to be used in school. It needs to persuade people to recycle more and make it easier to collect different types of rubbish.

15. Quiz – recycle now
What are the three reasons why wrapping paper is difficult to recycle?
Why is it difficult to recycle books?
What three things are greetings cards commonly recycled into?
Can video tapes be recycled?
How much can you save by refilling ink cartridges instead of buying a new one?