Is it recycable ?
Can you recycle a plastic bottle?
Yes! Famous brands are even using recycled plastic for their products like "adidas".
True or False?: You drank a couple sips out of a bottle but don’t want to finish it. It’s fine to throw it into the recycling bin without dumping the liquid out first.
False! Always make sure liquids have been poured out! If a lot of liquid is left in bottles or containers, it will contaminate the other materials. Excess liquids can make materials like paper soggy and unable to be recycled.
After recyclables are picked up from your school, where do they go next?
The Materials Recovery Facility (MRF)
The virgin form of this material is made using petroleum (oil) and natural gas.
Note: “virgin” means made from raw materials, not recycled materials
Plastic
Recycled aluminum cans can be made into which of the following?
a. Airplane b. Bicycle
c. Aluminum Can d. All of the above
d. All of the above
Can you recycle a aluminum can?
Yes!
How do you know if a plastic object is recyclable?
Look for a recycling symbol on the bottom. If you see one, then make sure your local recycling hauler accepts that type of plastic.
True or False?: Once plastic bottles are separated from other materials at a Materials Recovery Facility, they don’t need to be cleaned or processed in any other way before being made into new bottles.
False. The material must be chopped into flakes, thoroughly washed, cleaned, dried, and converted into resin pellets before being ready to become a new bottle.
This material is made from digging the mineral Bauxite from underground.
Aluminum
Out of every 10 bottles and cans consumed in the EU, about how many of them are recycled?
a) 1 b) 3
c) 4 d) 8
c) 4
Can you recycle steel?
Yes!
Steel cans are generally accepted through most curbside recycling programs. Pots and pans and other types of steel are often accepted too and if not they can usually be recycled through scrap metal companies.
True or False?: You do not need to crush aluminum cans before putting them in a recycling bin
True, the automatic sorting equipment may have an easier time separating them from other materials if cans are not crushed.
After being separated from other materials, large amounts of each type of recyclable are typically compacted into a _______?
a. Pack b. Bale
c. Super Sack d. Bunch
b. Bale
When not turned back into beverage containers, this material is often recycled into carpets or clothing.
Plastic
What does it mean to “Close the Loop?”
Recycle an item so its useful life can continue instead of ending its life by discarding it into a landfill or burning it. Instead of going in a straight line (from start to finish) the lifecycle goes in a circle, or loop, (from start to used to start again).