See Inside Recycling and Rubbish
Discover the Quicklinks for this book
Age: 6+
Visit recycling plants and landfills and find out what happens to the things we throw away with links to websites where you can:
- See how a plastic cup can be turned into a pencil.
- Watch how an unwanted building is demolished.
- Follow dirty water through a city sewer system.
Scroll down to see all the links
Where Does Rubbish Go?
- Burning wasteSee how recycled waste is burned to make electricity.Take me there
- Where does poo go?Follow poo, pee and dirty water through a city sewer system.Take me there
- Refuse collectionSee a dustbin lorry in action.Take me there
- Big rubbishWatch a time-lapse video of how an unwanted building is dismantled for recycling.Take me there
- Buried wasteFind out about the problems with landfill sites.Take me there
What Can Be Recycled?
- Aluminium canSolve jigsaws and find out how aluminium cans are recycled.Take me there
- Reduce, recycle, re-useCan you help Oliver reduce a week's rubbish to a single bag?Take me there
- Plastic wasteWhy is plastic a problem and how can it be recycled?Take me there
- Recycle at homeWhat can you find to recycle in the rooms around your home? (See the playlist for videos about recycling cans, glass, paper and more.)Take me there
- Sorting it outSee how rubbish is sorted and recycled at a Materials Recovery Facility.Take me there
- How recycling worksFind out how metal, plastic and paper are recycled.Take me there
New From Old
- Recyled productsWhat can recycled steel, aluminium, paper, glass and plastic be made into?Take me there
- Plastic pencilSee how plastic can be turned into products and how pencils can be made from plastic cups.Take me there
- Recycled paperVisit a paper mill and find out how old paper is recycled into newspaper.Take me there
- Make your own compostHow to turn food scraps into nutrient packed soil you can use in the garden.Take me there
- Crafty ideasMake something new from rubbish. (Browse the playlist for ideas.)Take me there
