Hey there! Have you ever wondered what happens to the empty boxes after breakfast? Great question! Do you know what happens to our trash? How about we take a fun trip to a recycling factory to find out? Let’s visit Bryson Recycling and see what happens there. Grab your coat, and let’s go!
Did you know that recycling just one aluminum can gives enough energy to power your TV for three hours? And recycling one ton of newspaper can save 17 trees! Isn’t that amazing? Aluminum cans and glass can be recycled over and over again.
At Bryson Recycling, we have a special box called a wheelie box. Let’s see what’s inside! We have paper, plastics, tins, glass, and cardboard. We need to sort them out. Paper goes in one place, plastics and tins in another, and glass and cardboard in their own spots. Sorting helps us recycle better!
When the recycling truck comes back to the plant, the materials are already sorted. Paper goes straight to the paper area, and glass goes to the glass area. Plastics, cans, and cartons need a bit more sorting. We use a magnet to pick out steel cans. A special machine uses light to find plastics, and a puff of air helps separate them from other things.
Recycling is super important! It helps save trees and other natural resources. When we recycle, we turn old things into new things, like making new cans from old aluminum cans. This means we don’t need to use as many natural resources.
In Northern Ireland, over 80% of what we collect in wheelie boxes is recycled. This is great for the environment and helps create local jobs too!
Today, we learned that many things can be recycled, like paper, plastic, cans, bottles, glass, and cardboard. At the recycling plant, machines help sort everything out. Recycling helps make our world a better place by saving resources and protecting the environment.
So, what will you recycle today? Let’s all do our part to keep our planet clean and green!
Recycling Scavenger Hunt: Go on a scavenger hunt around your home or classroom to find items that can be recycled. Look for things like paper, plastic bottles, aluminum cans, and cardboard. Once you’ve collected a few items, sort them into different categories just like they do at Bryson Recycling. Discuss with your friends or family why each item belongs in its category and how recycling it can help the environment.
Create Your Own Recycling Poster: Use your creativity to make a colorful poster that shows why recycling is important. Include fun facts, like how recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to power a TV for three hours. Draw pictures of items that can be recycled and show how they are turned into new things. Hang your poster in a place where everyone can see it and learn about recycling.
Recycling Detective: Become a recycling detective and investigate what happens to your trash after it leaves your home. Ask an adult to help you research where your local recycling goes. You can also write a short story or draw a comic strip about the journey of a plastic bottle from your home to the recycling plant and then into a new product. Share your story with your class or family.
Here’s a sanitized version of the provided YouTube transcript:
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So, everyone, now that we’ve finished breakfast, what do you think happens to these empty boxes? Great job! Do you know what happens to our rubbish? Would you like to visit a recycling plant to find out? Yes? Well, we’re going to head off to Bryson Recycling today, so let’s get our coats!
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Did you know that recycling one aluminum can provides enough energy to power your TV for three hours? And recycling one ton of newspaper saves 17 trees! Aluminum cans and glass can be recycled over and over again.
I’m calling from Bryson Recycling, and today we’re discussing how to empty this wheelie box. We have with us Aaron and James, and I’m going to show them the different components of this box.
In this box, we have all our paper, so we’ll put that in there. Just stand back a little bit. In this box, we have our plastics and tins, so we’ll place them at the front here. And in this box, we have all our glass and cardboard. Let’s take our glass out and put it in here.
Now, keep coming with me, and we’ll put all our cardboard in the back. We need to sort all these materials because this lorry recycles on the road, and everything goes back to the plant. It’s just bailed up as it is. So, all our plastics and cans go there, our paper goes there, our cardboard there, our glass there, and our clothes and batteries there. This helps Britain and everyone with recycling.
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One of the benefits of the wheelie box system is that the materials are sorted at the curbside, so no further sorting is required when the vehicles return to the site at the end of the day. The paper is tipped straight into the paper bag, and the glass is tipped straight into the glass bay. The only items that need further sorting are the plastics, cans, and cartons from the top deck of the vehicle.
We use a magnet to sort out the steel cans from the mix. A conveyor moves through the plant, and a magnet attracts the steel cans. We also use an optical sorter to identify plastics. A beam of light hits the plastic conveyor, recognizing what is plastic and what is not. A jet of air then separates the plastic onto a different section of the conveyor.
Now, let’s talk about the importance of recycling. Why do you think it’s important to recycle?
Your old items help stop deforestation, and those are two really good answers! Recycling is crucial because it means reusing resources. We view people’s rubbish as a resource, and we know that all these aluminum cans can be recycled back into new cans, which reduces the need for natural resources.
Additionally, over 80 percent of what we collect in the curbside and wheelie boxes is recycled here in Northern Ireland, which is great for the environment and creates local jobs—another big plus!
Today, we learned so much! Let’s recap: many different materials can be recycled, including paper, plastic, cans, bottles, glass, cardboard, and more. When materials arrive at a recycling plant, they may need to be sorted. A strong magnet helps separate steel cans from aluminum and plastic, while a special beam of light sorts the plastics. A jet of air helps to separate the plastic from other rubbish.
It’s important to recycle as much as we can to improve our environment, enhance our world, and conserve natural resources. What will you recycle today?
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