RECYCLING WEEK AT NORBA SCHOOL

Recycling Facts

Why should we recycle?

Recycling conserves our valuable natural resources! Recycling helps to conserve our natural resources such as oil, metal and water. For example plastic bottles can be recycled into new plastic bottles and polyester fibres for use in fleece jumpers and car mats. By recycling we reduce the amount of natural resources needed to make products and packaging. Also less mining and extraction occurs, which is beneficial to the natural habitats of wild animals.

Recycling saves energy!

 Recycling aluminium saves 95% of the energy required to produce aluminium from raw materials. Recycling just one plastic bottle will save enough energy to power a 60 watt light bulb for 3 hours!

Recycling protects the environment!

Recycling helps to conserve energy, so less greenhouse gases are emitted. Recycling reduces our dependence on landfill. With less materials going to landfill, less harmful emissions like methane gas are released into the earth's atmosphere.

Recycling can save you money!

 By putting more recyclable materials into your recycling bin you reduce the amount of times you have to put your general refuse or black bin out for collection. It is usually more expensive to collect the black bin than the recycling bin, so recycling can save you money!

(Recycle facts adapted from www.recyclemore.ie )

   1.    What is recycling?

 

    2.    What materials do you recycle?       
     Plastic

Paper

Cardboard

Cans

Bottles

Other

3.    How long have you been recycling?

Days

Weeks

Months

Years

4.    Why do you recycle?

To help the environment

For fun

To save money

Other ________

5.    If you don’t recycle, why not? 

6.    If you don’t recycle, will you start?

7.    Do you know where your local recycling centre is?

Yes

No

If yes, where? ______________________________________________

8.    When you grow out of clothes do you:

Throw them out and buy something new

 Pass them on to a sibling of friend

 Donate them to a charity

9.    What do you do with paper that is printed on one side?

Use the other side

Throw it in the rubbish bin

Recycle it

10. Do you compost at home?

Yes

No

11. If not, why not?

	all the time	sometimes	not at all
Do you take showers more than baths?
Do you leave the tap on while cleaning your teeth?
Do you have heating on in unused rooms?
Do you use rechargeable batteries?
Do you use long-life light bulbs?
Do you turn off lights when leaving a room?
Do you leave electrical items on stand by?
Do you reuse plastic shopping bags?
Do you recycle any of these?
clothes
food/drink cans
newspapers/magazines
envelopes
plastic bottles
glass
cardboard
Do you use a compost bin?