What Happens To Our Waste?
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Products made from recycled waste materials.
Exploration of waste recycling process, looking at the types of products made from recycled waste materials. Plastic is recycled into fleece, cans into cans and cars, paper gets sent to paper mills and textiles are sent to charities. Interview with manager of plant on consumers' reactions to recycling.
From:
Week In Week Out What a Waste
First Broadcast
:
07 March 2006
Teachers' notes
Age Group : 7-9
Subject : Geography
Topic : Environmental issues
Keywords : Recycling, waste management
Notes : Introduces recycling at a basic level. Pupils could think about waste from their own homes and how it could be recycled. Do they use recycled products? Raises awareness about recycling. Look at waste products created in urban areas; how can these be recycled?
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