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recycling also improves air quality by reducing the demand of power

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How Does Recycling Influence Air Pollution?

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United States recycling is big business, though garbage is even bigger. In 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency says, Americans generated 250 million tons of trash. The country recycled or composted 34.7 percent of the garbage, roughly equal to 87 million tons. That benefits water, land and air in a variety of ...

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the world will have no space for anything if we keep on like this

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Why Should We Recycle? | Bryson Recycling

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Recycling helps to protect our environment and our future. Reusing valuable resources ensures a greener future for our children and generations beyond.

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It is easy to Recycle

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it is ease to recycle from bins

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you have to recycle because it can harm the world and animals

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Only a third of plastic packaging used in consumer products is recycled each year, with almost two-thirds sent to landfill or incinerated, according to new research.

Of the 1.5m tonnes of recyclable plastic waste used by consumers in Britain in 2015 only 500,000 tonnes was recycled, according to the figures compiled by Co-op from the Recoup UK Household Plastics Collection survey.

This figure means that the recycling of plastic is considerably below the national average for recycling; currently 45% of recyclable goods are recycled each year.

Recycling groups said the problem was largely caused by consumer uncertainty about what items could be recycled, as well as the lack of provision of recycling services by local authorities.

"Most people recognise a plastic bottle as something you can recycle," said Steve Morgan, technical manager at plastic recycling charity Recoup. "The recycling rate is about 60% for plastic bottles but when you start talking about other products, plastic pots and tray - a yoghurt pot, a margarine tub - the recycling rate is far lower."

Consumers were most diligent with recycling plastic bottles, with people recycling 7.5b out of 13b (57%) plastic bottles used by UK households each year. However, only about 30% of all plastic pots, tubs and trays were recycled.

The worst offender was plastic film products, which include carrier bags, pasta and rice bags, and the film on ready meals, only about 3% of which were believed to be recycled in 2015. This is largely due to the fact that just 80 Local Authorities around the country (20%) provide a recycling service for the collection of these materials.

Iain Ferguson, the environment manager at Co-op, said: "It is shocking that such a small percentage of plastic packaging is being recycled, especially materials that are already easy to recycle like plastic bottles. We are concerned that so much still goes to landfill every year. We need to stop thinking about this plastic as a waste and start to use it as a resource."

Recycled plastic products can be turned into a range of other things including plastic furniture, football shirts, sleeping bags, bumpers for cars and building products.

"There's plenty more material that the waster and resources industry want to get hold of. This material is increasingly being used as a resource, it can be recycled into very high-end products," said Morgan.

There has been a considerable increase in the amount of plastics recycled across the EU in the past decade. Between 2006-2014 there was a 64% increase in recycling of plastics and a reduction in landfill caused by plastics of 38%.

"The general message is that the amount of plastic packaging in landfill has decreased, it's a huge success story of the last 20 years," said Morgan. "But so much more can be done. There's plenty of material that comes through the household that ends in the bin."
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Only a third of UK consumers' plastic packaging is recycled

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Only a third of plastic packaging used in consumer products is recycled each year, with almost two-thirds sent to landfill or incinerated, according to new research. Of the 1.5m tonnes of recyclable plastic waste used by consumers in Britain in 2015 only 500,000 tonnes was recycled, according to the figures compiled by Co-op from the Recoup UK Household Plastics Collection survey.

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its easy to recycle so recyele evryday to make the world a better and cleaner  place

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every  one needs to recycle   every day

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you should recycle because recycling saves energy because the manufacture doesn't need to produce something new from raw natural resources

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The magical 6 are Plastic Bottles,Cardboard,Paper, Food cans,Glass Bottles,Drink Cans

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We Are Stardust - Recycling Discovery Centre

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Our two Recycling Discovery Centres in Merseyside offer FREE visits for you to see state-of-the-art recycling in action and delve into the world of waste!

Veolia is dedicated to changing perceptions of waste within Merseyside. By considering why wasting things does matter and identifying actions to reduce, reuse and recycle, your group will go home more knowledgable about their impact upon the environment and be inspired to make a difference.

We take bookings for both mornings and afternoons, Monday to Friday and offer a limited number of early evening sessions each month. A visit to us lasts around two hours (longer or shorter sessions are available on request). We have parking on site including space for minibuses and a coach (Gillmoss only).

To ensure you have an enjoyable experience with us and that we can provide a safe and positive learning environment, we do limit the size of the group. As a guide it is approximately 35 for school groups and 25 for adult groups but depends upon the Centre you are visiting. Please therefore contact us to discuss your specific requirements.

Whether you are school looking for an introduction to recycling; an in-depth science lesson; guidance for an eco-council or a group of adults wanting to dispel those recycling myths, a visit to Merseyside's Recycling Discovery Centre fits all. Can't make it to us? We also offer Outreach Sessions (e.g. Assemblies, Workshops or Talks).
Educational Groups
Our purpose built, visually stimulating classrooms are fully accessible and all sessions are led by a qualified teacher. Both Centres hold the Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC) Quality Badge. This is the only nationally recognised indicator of good quality educational provision and effective risk management.

Using the information you provide during our pre-visit discussions and on your booking form we will tailor your visit to your needs. We actively seek to include a range of cross-curricular links.

A typical educational visit to the Recycling Discovery Centre consists of 3 parts:

1. Guided group work, presentations and discussion on the impact of waste; what we can do at home to recycle and reduce our impact on the environment.

2. ​Materials Recovery Facility Tour: from our internal covered walkway at Gillmoss, you will see recycling in action (for Bidston, this is achieved via CCTV in the classroom).

3. Waste & recycling games and acitivities: hands on, self-guided learning for EYFS, KS1 & 2; for KS3-4 group work.

We would be happy to send you a session outline for your Key Stage.
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EYFS Areas of Learning supported include:
Building confidence to choose activities and discuss ideas, playing co-operatively, taking turns, following instructions to carry out activities, talk about events in their own lives and that of their family, talk about similarities and differences between objects.
KS1 & 2 National Curriculum Links (but not limited to):
Materials and their properties/uses, balanced and unbalanced forces, persuasive writing, explanation of a process, geography (our place).
Topic work including: Ways to save our planet, Eco Warriors, Is Plastic Fantastic? Slim Your Bin, Zero Waste Your Lunch, Litter.

KS3 & 4:
Science - waste disposal, the efficacy of recycling, product life cycles.
D&T - the impact of design on the environment.
Geography - investigating sustainability.

HE/FE Groups:
Environment and Countryside, Geography, Environmental Science, Environmental Health, Architecture, Child Care, Business Studies, PGCE and Teacher Training.

As the Recycling Discovery Centres are located in working industrial buildings, we have access to the wider aspects of a waste & recycling business both from an operational and business point of view. So why not use us to deliver a session on:

Preparing for the World of Work;

Health & Safety in the Workplace;

Resource Depletion & The Circular Economy;

Management Decisions in the Workplace

Where there's Muck there's Maths -how problem solving is used every day;

The Built Environment -the role design and achitecture has on location.

Adult & Community Groups

​Our Centres are fully accessible and adaptable to the needs of an adult group. Our Waste Awareness Officer has several years' experience of working with community groups. She will take you on a lively and interesting journey to help you understand what happens to your recycling once it goes in your wheelie bin. Free refreshments are also provided.

Whether you are a group of friends or an organised group please get in touch and book.

We encourage you to contact our Waste Awareness Officer, Kirsty Martin on 0203 567 4228 (calls charged at a local rate) or email uk.veolia.discoverycentre@veolia.com to discuss your potential visit.

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We take bookings for both mornings and afternoons, Monday to Friday and offer a limited number of early evening sessions each month. A visit to us lasts around two hours (longer or shorter sessions are available on request). We have parking on site including space for minibuses and a coach (Gillmoss only).